July 2021
Collaboration and competition in lunar exploration
... includes robotic science & exploration missions and human spaceflight programmes. Private companies such as Nanoracks and Axiom Space seek to develop and operate private stations on a commercial basis using the ISS as a technology demonstration...
12 October 2016
NASA to move ahead with plans for private ISS modules
...number of companies have expressed interest in adding a commercial module to the ISS, including Bigelow Aerospace, Axiom Space and Ixion (a consortium of NanoRacks, Space Systems Loral and United Launch Alliance), with the latter having received NASA...
10 January 2024
NASA announces delays to astronaut lunar missions
... South Pole. Artemis IV, the first mission to the Gateway lunar space station, remains on track for 2028. "We are returning to the...capabilities - SpaceX for the human landing system and Axiom Space for the next-generation spacesuits - additional time ...
06 July 2020
Russia and Space Adventures sign contract to offer first tourist spacewalk
...announcement, Russian rocket company RSC Energia and US space tourism firm Space Adventures revealed that a contract to send two ... has joined with Houston-based startup Axiom Space to offer similar space-based package deals, announced that tickets...
22 October 2021
Nanoracks announces plans to launch its orbital space station, Starlab, in 2027
... habitat – the Large Integrated Flexible Environment (LIFE), while Axiom Space Inc says their own orbiting outpost will nearly double the useable volume of the International Space Station. Although the ISS has been a beacon of international...
03 December 2021
NASA selects three companies to develop commercial space stations
... a decade of Nanoracks’ hard work forging commercial access to space, bringing over 1300 commercial payloads from 30 nations to the ... an existing $140 million contract NASA signed with Axiom Space in January 2020. The two recently completed the ...
