Company - Axiom Space
Product/Service - Axiom Station, AxStation, Axiom Commercial Segment, Orbital Segment
- Classification
- Space Stations & Habitats
- Category
- Commercial Space Station
Commercial ISS Module
- Fields
- Large Space Structures
- Status
- Development
- First launch
- 2026
Astronaut Missions
Ax-1, the first all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station launched at 11:17 AM ET, April 8 and splashed down at 1:06 PM ET, April 25 in 2022.
The Ax-1 astronauts are the first in a new class of pioneers stepping forth to lay the groundwork for Axiom Station and the full realization of low Earth orbit's possibilities. The Ax-1 astronauts conducted extensive research and STEM outreach. Their efforts align with how each philanthropist carries out his work at home, in service to all on Earth and to all who follow them beyond it.
Space Station
Intends to build ISS's privately-owned successor. Plan to attach Axiom module to ISS in 2024 and later detach.
The Axiom Space Station (AxStation) is home base for professional astronauts and private explorers. It is the microgravity laboratory where educators, scientists and researchers conduct life-improving research. It is the in-space industrial park for manufacturing products to be used on the ground and in orbit. It is the ultimate proving ground to mature critical space systems necessary for the exploration and colonization of space. Our vision at Axiom Space is to make living and working in space commonplace as a means to sustained deep space exploration and to improve the quality of life here on Earth.
- Establishing Production of Stem Cell Therapies, Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute, Los Angeles
- Fabrication of Flawless Glass in Microgravity, Flawless Photonics, Inc., Los Altos Hills, California
- Biomimetic Fabrication of Multifunctional DNA-inspired Nanomaterials, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
- Semimetal-Semiconductor Composite Bulk Crystals, United Semiconductors, LLC, Los Alamitos, California
NASA’s Commercial Partners Continue Progress on New Space Stations, 2023-12-12.
- Axiom Space, which holds a firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with NASA, is on schedule to launch and attach its first module, named Axiom Hab One, to the International Space Station in 2026.
- A total of four modules are planned for the Axiom Commercial Segment attached to the station. After the space station’s retirement, the Axiom Commercial Segment will separate and become a free-flying commercial destination named Axiom Station.
- The hatches of the Axiom Hab One module are fabricated and prepared to undergo pressure testing to ensure a strong enough seal to withstand the vacuum of space. Manufacturing of the Axiom Hab One module is underway, and the critical design review will occur in 2024. During this review, NASA will assess the maturity of the Axiom Space design and provide feedback necessary to ensure safe operations when it is attached to the International Space Station.
As of late 2023, 1st module Axiom Hab One is planned for 2026. As of early 2023, 1st Axiom Station module was scheduled to launch and attach to the ISS in late 2025.
Product/Service
- Classification
- Miscellaneous
- Category
- In-Orbit Computing
- Fields
- Edge Computing
- Status
- Development
- First launch
- 2024
Orbital Data Center
- The Houston-based company Axiom Space has entered agreements with Kepler Communications US Inc. and Skyloom Global Corp. to integrate and demonstrate high data rate Optical Intersatellite Links (OISLs) on the first module of Axiom Space’s commercial space station – Axiom Station.
- In parallel, the Axiom Space team is building the world’s first scalable, cloud technology-enabled, commercial orbital data center to be hosted on Axiom Station.
- The development of this first tranche of orbital data center capability (ODC T1) will support the transformation of low-Earth orbit (LEO) into a global space marketplace by maturing the necessary technologies and infrastructure for large-scale and secure space-based data processing.
- The effort with Kepler and Skyloom will enable demonstration of OISLs to allow for data to be transmitted to and from the orbital data center via the Kepler and Skyloom relay constellations. The OISLs will allow for up to 10 gigabits-per-second data throughput and meet Space Development Agency (SDA) interoperability standards.
- In preparation for the ODC T1 deployment, Axiom Space plans to install a smaller data processing prototype aboard the International Space Station to conduct testing and demonstrate initial capabilities. The prototype is planned for launch in 2024 and will test applications in artificial intelligence and machine learning, data fusion, and space cybersecurity.
- “We will work to validate use cases at a sub scale and, at the same time, obtain flight heritage on the underlying data center hardware,” said Aspiotis. “Having a prototype on the ISS will serve as a building block toward the roughly half-cubic-meter sized data server rack we plan to launch by 2027.”
Created: 2024-01-20
Updated: 2024-02-26
Product/Service
- Classification
- Miscellaneous
- Category
- Space Suits & Garments
- Status
- Development
- First launch
- 2026
Space Suits
Created: 2024-02-26
Updated: 2024-03-02