13 October 2017
Moon Express and NanoRacks sign alliance for Moon missions
... work on a comprehensive feasibility study to evaluate the conversion of rocket upper stages into habitats - a project known as Ixion. This innovative approach involves less risk than fabricating modules on the ground and subsequently launching them...
12 October 2016
NASA to move ahead with plans for private ISS modules
... to the ISS, including Bigelow Aerospace, Axiom Space and Ixion (a consortium of NanoRacks, Space Systems Loral and United Launch...the latter having received NASA's NextSTEP award this year. Ixion plans to study the conversion of a Centaur upper stage...