Axiom Space

Axiom Space was founded in 2016 in Houston, Texas, by former NASA ISS Program Manager Michael Suffredini, with the mission of building the world's first commercial space station. The company is led by veterans of NASA human spaceflight programs and has assembled deep expertise in space station design, life support systems, and human spaceflight operations.

Axiom's near-term strategy involves attaching commercial modules to the International Space Station under a NASA Space Act Agreement, beginning operations while docked to ISS before detaching to form the independent Axiom Station once ISS is retired (expected around 2030-2031). The Axiom Station modules will include habitation, research, and power/thermal modules, designed to provide continuity of commercial LEO destination capability as NASA transitions away from ISS.

Axiom Space has conducted multiple private astronaut missions to the ISS (Ax-1 through Ax-4 and beyond) in partnership with SpaceX, flying private citizens and international government-sponsored astronauts to the space station for dedicated research and commercial activities. The company also developed the Axiom spacesuit for NASA's Artemis program, providing next-generation extravehicular activity suits for lunar surface operations. Axiom represents a key player in the emerging commercial LEO destination ecosystem that NASA is fostering to ensure continuous US presence in low Earth orbit.