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NASA has selected space habitat company Axiom Space for the second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

Three people launched to the International Space Station for an 11-day stay at the orbiting laboratory, the first tourist mission at the outpost since 2009.

Axiom Space, builder of the next International Space Station, recruited Tejpaul Bhatia to become its first chief revenue officer, responsible for the growth and monetization of the space ecosystem.

The first non-governmental flight to orbit ended with a splash, and the safe return of the Inspiration4 mission’s billionaire commander and three crewmates.

Axiom Space inks deal with SpaceX for 3 more private spaceflights to space station First private SpaceX spaceflight to ISS scheduled for early 2022 Tags:  In this Saturday, April 24, 2021 photo made available by NASA, the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule approaches the International Space Station for docking. (NASA via AP) Houston-based Axiom Space has now contracted four launches with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft to fly paying customers to the International Space Station. The private spaceflig...

Spaceflight Insider Theresa Cross May 26th, 2021 The Inspiration4 crew. From left to right: Chris Sembroski, Hayley Arceneaux, Sian Proctor and Jared Isaacman. This flight is expected to be the first orbital space tourism mission since 2009 and the first 100% civilian crew to fly to low Earth orbit. Credit: SpaceX Within a span of about six months, as many as a dozen new “space tourists” could fly into low Earth orbit on four flights beginning as early as this September. 2021 may mark a res...

Whitson, a record-setting astronaut, will launch with pilot and racecar drive John Shoffner. Former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, shown here on the International Space Station during the Expedition 50 mission in 2016, will return to the station in command of the private Ax-2 mission by Axiom Space.. (Image credit: NASA) Former astronaut Peggy Whitson, who set a number of records for women in space during her NASA career, will return to orbit as commander of a private mission to be launched by A...

Guess who will make most of the money off of this idea.

Spaceflight Insider Theresa Cross May 12th, 2021 A file photo of the Crew-1 Dragon docked at the space-facing port of the Harmony module. As early as January 2022, a SpaceX Crew Dragon with four private astronauts for Axiom Space is expected to visit the International Space Station for eight days. Credit: NASA NASA and Axiom Space announced May 10, 2021, an order for the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. The mission, dubbed Ax-1, is expected to see a private cr...

SpaceX successfully launches NASA astronauts from Kennedy Space Center into space. NASA and private space infrastructure company Axiom Space have signed an order kickstarting the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission, known as Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1), is set to launch from NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida no sooner than January of next year, according to a NASA release. The Ax-1 private astronauts include Larry Connor, Mark Pathy, Eytan Stib...