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Axiom Space and NASA detail first fully private human launch to the Space Station, set for January 2022 Houston-based startup Axiom Space and NASA unveiled more details Monday about the forthcoming Axiom Mission 1 (AX-1), the first fully private human mission to the International Space Station. The Axiom Mission 1 spaceflight mission will ferry four private astronauts to the International Space Station in January 2022. The eight-day mission will be launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in...

Crew training begins soon for first private trip to ISS AFP 6 days ago © HO The International Space Station photographed in 2018 from a Soyuz spacecraft Training of the crew for the first entirely private trip to the International Space Station (ISS) is to begin soon, Axiom Space, the company behind the flight, said Monday at a joint press conference with NASA. Four astronauts are to be launched to the ISS in late January aboard a rocket built by another space company, Elon Musks SpaceX. O...

Axiom Space The AX-1 crew members, left to right: Commander Michael López-Alegría, mission pilot Larry Connor, mission specialist Mark Pathy, mission specialist Eytan Stibbe. NASA and Axiom Space have agreed to fly the first private astronauts to the International Space Station. The mission could be Axiom’s first step toward building its own private space station. The first space-station mission involving people who aren’t professional astronauts is in full swing. NASA and aerospace star...

NASA has signed an agreement with reality TV competition Space Hero to send the winner up to the International Space Station for 10 days as the first prize. The Space Act Agreement between the agency and the production company doesnt guarantee space travel, rather allows for information sharing between the two. The number of contestants and the exact format has yet to be revealed, but those up for the challenge will undergo rigorous training and gruelling tests that push them mentally, physical...

Houston-based Axiom Space is going full tilt into scaling production of private space stations, announcing it received $130 million in a new round of funding.

Axiom Space raised the case in a funding round led by British cybersecurity investor C5 Capital 16 February 2021 • 2:15pm Axiom Space hopes to build the first private space station in low Earth orbit Credit: Axiom Space/Axiom Space Texan space start-up hoping to launch the first private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has raised $130m (£90m) in a funding round led by British cybersecurity investor C5 Capital. Axiom Space, founded by a former program manager for the ISS,  pi...

Thanks to the rise of commercial spaceflight, anyone with a little luck will be able to fly into space, all to serve a good cause.

If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments and a veteran jet pilot with more than 6,000 hours flying time, is chartering a SpaceX Crew Dragon flight to low-Earth orbit for a purely private, n...

SpaceX Announces Plans For First All-Civilian Space Flight To Benefit St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital Jared Isaacman, a wealthy businessman and pilot, is chartering a four-seat SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule for what will be the first fully commercial, non-government piloted flight to orbit, SpaceX and the entrepreneur announced Monday. The mission will benefit St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital. The flight, named Inspiration4, will be commanded by Isaacman, 37, who is reserving two seats ...

February 2, 2021 2 min read This article was translated from our Spanish edition using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process. Axiom Space , a manufacturer of orbital modules, revealed the names of the four billionaire tourists who will travel to the International Space Station on SpaceXs Crew Dragon spacecraft. The flight commanded by former NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría , - who is vice president of Axiom Space-, will have as passengers ...