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Artist's illustration of the space station that Houston-based company Axiom Space plans to build in Earth orbit.

Axiom Space eyes the moon while continuing to dream big in Earth orbit

By Meredith Garofalo published

Axiom Space, which was founded in 2016, has already organized three private crewed missions to the International Space Station, and it's building the spacesuits for NASA's Artemis moonwalkers.

Private Spaceflight
a space plane lights its rocket motor in space, with the curve of earth in the background.

Virgin Galactic to launch 7th commercial spaceflight on June 8

By Mike Wall published

Virgin Galactic is targeting June 8 for its seventh commercial spaceflight, a suborbital jaunt called, fittingly enough, Galactic 07.

Human Spaceflight
The interior design of HALO Space'’s Aurora space capsule, which will take passengers to the stratosphere under a helium-filled balloon.

HALO Space unveils capsule design for stratospheric space 'glamping'

By Tereza Pultarova published

Spanish start-up HALO Space has unveiled its capsule design for stratospheric space tourism.

The Universe
a white rocket launches into a blue sky

Blue Origin will launch Ed Dwight, the 1st-ever Black astronaut candidate, to space on next New Shepard rocket flight

By Mike Wall published

The six-person crew of Blue Origin's seventh human spaceflight includes Ed Dwight, who was picked in 1961 to be the nation's first black astronaut candidate.

Private Spaceflight
Four men stand with arms crossed, wearing dark blue jumpsuits with red accented shoulder wings. They look serious, except for the smiling man on the right. He is shorter than the rest.

SpaceX's longest-ever astronaut cruise was a smooth ride, Ax-3 crewmembers say

By Elizabeth Howell published

Axiom Space astronaut Michael López-Alegría is the only person to fly twice on a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. He'd love for more people to ride that spacecraft in orbit.

Human Spaceflight
Four Ax-3 astronauts wave inside the SpaceX Dragon capsule Freedom after splashdown on Feb. 9, 2024.

Axiom Space Ax-3 private spaceflight with SpaceX: Mission updates

By Brett Tingley last updated

Follow along with Axiom Space's Ax-3 mission to the International Space Station, the third-ever all-private mission to the orbital lab.

International Space Station
A SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying the Ax-3 astronauts is recovered from the Atlantic Ocean after splashdown on Feb. 9, 2024.

SpaceX Dragon carrying Ax-3 astronauts splashes down in Atlantic to end longest private spaceflight for Axiom Space

By Mike Wall last updated

A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean early Friday (Feb. 9), wrapping up a record-setting private trip to the International Space Station.

Human Spaceflight
illustration of a person in a white spacesuit leaving a white space capsule to go on a spacewalk, with the curve of earth in the background.

SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn orbital mission delayed to summer 2024

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission, which aims to pull off the first-ever private spacewalk, will now launch no earlier than this summer.

Private Spaceflight
11 people in flight suits wave to the camera aboard the white-walled international space station.

20 people in space! Humanity quietly tied a record last month

By Mike Wall published

For a few minutes on Jan. 26, 20 people were in space at the same time, tying a record set just last May.

Human Spaceflight
a floating peanut butter jar and a floating tortilla with peanut butter, beside each other, in an international space station module

Ax-3 astronauts leave precious parting gift behind for ISS crew: peanut butter

By Elizabeth Howell published

SpaceX astronauts with Axiom Space decided to leave behind a special snack for the International Space Station crew, shortly after National Peanut Butter Day in the United States.

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