Just announced in a press release January 24, the joint venture between Thales and Leonardo will design and develop Axiom’s Micrometeoroid & Debris Protection System and Habitation Module. Axiom was granted access by NASA in January to attach its space station modules to the International Space Station’s Node 2 Forward port in the latter half of 2024. The Axiom Segment may eventually replace the ISS upon decommissioning later this decade. We’re one step closer to the first space settlement in low Earth orbit.
Axiom partners with SpaceX to launch private tourists to the ISS
In what is sure to be a historic flight next year, Axiom has inked a deal with SpaceX to be the first space tourism company to arrange for three private astronauts to be ferried to the ISS on a Crew Dragon. A fourth space flight participant will be a SpaceX trained astronaut. Axiom has plans for a permanent replacement of the ISS to provide a permanent habitat, scientific and industrial facility in LEO