It looks like they aren't using the ISPR rack layout, at least not for their crew quarters. The Deck (earth facing) half of the Hub has four crew quarters with windows. I've made an very basic topology layout for the Axiom hub with Node2 beside it for size and layout comparison.
The next chapter.
Cupola 2.0 😎
With room for up to eight people.
https://twitter.com/axiom_space/status/1427354331154690057QuoteThe next chapter....
What We’re Working on NowOnce fully assembled, Axiom Station will nearly double the useable volume of the International Space Station. Between station elements, hatches provide access and maintain atmospheric pressure when closed. Designed for a variety of users, the mechanisms to close the hatch will seal under a predetermined input force. Utilizing a development unit built in-house, our structures team has successfully validated the design through seal compression and actuation force measurements. The team will continue to evaluate the hatch design as other station systems are integrated.
Each Axiom Station module is an independent spacecraft equipped with all the systems needed to maneuver in orbit - propulsion among them. Progress on the thrusters, developed in-house, continues apace with this test unit undergoing new and progressively longer hotfire cycles.
To put the "human" in "human spaceflight," environmental control and life support systems are the key. Progress on Axiom Station continues with our trace contaminant control and air conditioning sub-assemblies undergoing in-house development and testing now at our R&D facilities.
These onboard systems and numerous others in development, such as CO2 scrubbing and O2 generation, will ensure crew safety and comfort throughout the modules – the first human-rated spacecraft to be assembled in Houston in Space City's storied history.
Axiom and @NASA have successfully completed Preliminary Design Review of AxH1 and AxH2, as well as Critical Design Review of the modules’ primary structure. This affirmation that the design meets all requirements is the latest major milestone on the path to launch in late 2024.
https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1461733855870828561QuoteWith @Axiom_Space set to start adding modules to the @Space_Station in 2024, I sat down with Axiom CEO/President & Co-Founder Mike Suffredini - former ISS Program manager - to talk about how this will all work and how the Axiom-1 & -2 missions factor in.https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/11/axiom-suff-interview/
With @Axiom_Space set to start adding modules to the @Space_Station in 2024, I sat down with Axiom CEO/President & Co-Founder Mike Suffredini - former ISS Program manager - to talk about how this will all work and how the Axiom-1 & -2 missions factor in.https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/11/axiom-suff-interview/
Axiom to get into building space suits:https://twitter.com/Axiom_Space/status/1463183162700447749
Quote from: GWH on 11/23/2021 06:34 pmAxiom to get into building space suits:https://twitter.com/Axiom_Space/status/1463183162700447749"New Provider" = "Not ILC Dover for once"?
That twitter thread notes it looks an awful lot like Artemis related X EVA suit, with more rounded backpack corners housing lights. The chestplate is almost identical.
@NASA has selected Axiom for the second private astronaut mission to the @Space_Station: #Ax2.Launching between Fall 2022 and Spring 2023.
