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JayWee · « **Reply #300 on:** 05/14/2022 06:56 pm »

Doesn't the ISS have a continuous airflow to prevent astros from getting stuck mid-air?

Bananas_on_Mars · « **Reply #301 on:** 05/14/2022 07:53 pm »

Quote from: JayWee on 05/14/2022 06:56 pm

Doesn't the ISS have a continuous airflow to prevent astros from getting stuck mid-air?

Without continuous airflow you can get localised high CO2 concentrations. Preventing stuck astronauts is not the intention.

Rondaz · « **Reply #302 on:** 05/21/2022 01:59 pm »

We’re partnering with @starburstaero to propel novel biomedical & healthcare advancements in the limitless protentional provided by microgravity.

Applications are now open – and the future of healthcare for humanity’s next chapter awaits.

https://twitter.com/Axiom_Space/status/1527763189605273600

Rondaz · « **Reply #303 on:** 05/21/2022 02:00 pm »

Care In Space Challenge | Starburst, Boryung & Axiom Space

Rondaz · « **Reply #304 on:** 05/25/2022 03:35 pm »

Axiom & Italian Gov't sign a historic MOU, a first-of-its-kind approach to expand commercial space utilization. Italy is also home to Axiom's first international professional astronaut, Italian Air Force Colonel Walter Villadei, flying in 2023.

https://twitter.com/Axiom_Space/status/1529460022228418563

JSz · « **Reply #305 on:** 05/26/2022 04:33 pm »

Quote from: Rondaz on 05/25/2022 03:35 pm

(...) Axiom's first international professional astronaut (...)

If I understand this correctly, Villadei was hired by Axiom as a professional astronaut. So he will be the reserve commander of the Ax-2 (Peggy Whitson), and then the commander of the Ax-3? Am I right?

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #306 on:** 05/28/2022 01:14 pm »

https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1530534719724609536

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Dittmar: making lots of progress on first modules Axiom plans to install on ISS starting in 2024. See a multibillion-dollar market for commercial space stations, growing exponentially.. #ISDC2022

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #307 on:** 06/01/2022 06:16 pm »

https://twitter.com/sciguyspace/status/1532063350662004736

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Mike Suffredini of Axiom Space says the spacesuit contract will allow his company to hire 300 additional people to work on the project.

Conexion Espacial · « **Reply #308 on:** 06/01/2022 07:31 pm »

Axiom Space wins NASA Contract to Build Next Generation Astronaut Spacesuits

HOUSTON - Axiom Space announced today that it has been awarded the NASA Extravehicular Activity Services (xEVAS) Contract. Axiom is one of two companies to win the award with a potential total value of $3.5 billion across the life of the program. Under the terms of the contract, the Houston-based company will build the space agency’s next generation astronaut spacesuits that may be used for low Earth Orbit (LEO) and the Artemis lunar missions. The new spacesuits by Axiom Space will provide astronauts with advanced capabilities for space exploration while providing NASA commercially developed human systems needed to access, live, and work in microgravity and on and around the Moon.

The Axiom spacesuit is key to the company’s commercial space services. This new NASA contract enables Axiom to build spacesuits that serve the company’s commercial customers and future space station goals while meeting NASA’s ISS and exploration needs.

“Our innovative approach to xEVAS spacesuits provides NASA with an evolvable design that enables cost-efficient development, testing, training, deployment, and real-time operations to address a variety of EVA needs and operational scenarios for a range of customers, including NASA,” said Michael Suffredini, Axiom Space’s President & CEO. “We are immensely pleased that NASA recognizes the value Axiom Space is providing across a range of human spaceflight activities, from our recent private astronaut mission to the ISS to the design and development of Axiom Station, and now to providing this critical system and associated services for astronauts in LEO and beyond.”

Axiom Space has partnered with a strong team of industry experts on this contract including KBR, Air-Lock, David Clark Company, Paragon Space Development Corporation, Sophic Synergistics, and A-P-T Research.

The firm fixed price contract is structured as an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) award over a 10-year ordering period and allows for two additional years for completion of services. Authorization to perform work under the xEVAS contract will be through the issuance of NASA task orders not to exceed $3.1B with a ceiling of $3.5B for all services.

Axiom’s xEVAS spacesuits will be designed to accommodate a wide range of crew members. Building off of NASA’s xEMU spacesuit design, the Axiom spacesuits are created to provide increased flexibility and specialized tools to accomplish exploration needs and expand scientific opportunities in space. The xEVAS spacesuits design includes life support, pressure garments, and avionics. The Axiom Space team will provide EVA systems training and real-time operations support to NASA, among other services.

NASA may order IDIQ services at any time after the contract starts with a period of performance beginning June 2022 and ending June 2032. No phase-in period is anticipated, and the work will be managed at Axiom’s Houston facilities.

This NASA contract win is the latest of Axiom Space’s list of recent accomplishments in its efforts to grow the commercial space industry. Earlier this month Axiom Space celebrated the groundbreaking at the company’s new, long-term headquarters at Houston Spaceport, which will be home to the development and construction of Axiom Station, the world’s first commercial space station. Axiom Space also recently welcomed home the crew of Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) after successfully completing the first all-private astronaut mission to the ISS. The company has also signed agreements with several nations including Italy, Hungary, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to fly on future space missions.

Axiom Space was founded in Houston in 2016 by space entrepreneur Kam Ghaffarian and Michael Suffredini – NASA’s ISS Program Manager from 2005 to 2015 – to build the world’s first commercial space station and develop commercial space infrastructure that will drive a thriving low-Earth orbit economy. The company currently employs more than 500 people, the majority of which work at its current Houston facilities and will grow the number to over 1,000 by 2023.

Rondaz · « **Reply #309 on:** 06/02/2022 01:27 am »

Read more about the xEVAS contract and how our experienced team enables its development:

https://twitter.com/Axiom_Space/status/1532078626270748673

yg1968 · « **Reply #310 on:** 06/02/2022 05:18 pm »

Your Next Space Landlord: Axiom's Michael Suffredini on Private Space Stations (podcast)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-next-space-landlord-axioms-michael-suffredini/id1627049050?i=1000564705835

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Lm0ktaBUnHbbfsm6EsmNQ?si=0Gezm5aYQRW4fQmQGA6P3A&nd=1

Rondaz · « **Reply #311 on:** 06/06/2022 11:45 pm »

Axiom Space CEO Michael Suffredini joined @Ryandoofy in Pathfinder’s weekly podcast show to discuss private space stations, the exciting opportunities that will become available in LEO, and much more.

https://twitter.com/Axiom_Space/status/1533942103759265793

AstroWare · « **Reply #312 on:** 06/06/2022 11:50 pm »

Quote from: yg1968 on 06/02/2022 05:18 pm

Your Next Space Landlord: Axiom's Michael Suffredini on Private Space Stations (podcast)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-next-space-landlord-axioms-michael-suffredini/id1627049050?i=1000564705835

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Lm0ktaBUnHbbfsm6EsmNQ?si=0Gezm5aYQRW4fQmQGA6P3A&nd=1

Space Landlord => Spacelord

Rondaz · « **Reply #313 on:** 06/13/2022 05:18 pm »

The @Axiom_Space missions are an important precursor to future collaborations with #NASA and launch providers as we begin to set the stage for a commercial LEO economy.

There will be quite a difference between a government and commercial space station; government agencies have many restrictions on what they can and cannot do, whereas a commercial platform is able to open the aperture.

https://twitter.com/CommanderMLA/status/1536363942267740164

Rondaz · « **Reply #314 on:** 06/27/2022 05:04 pm »

As it turns out, Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace were the only two bidders for NASA's spacesuit contract.

https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1541404067133530112

Rondaz · « **Reply #315 on:** 06/29/2022 01:12 am »

Shuttered full-scale International Space Station mockup finds new use with Axiom Space:

https://twitter.com/collectSPACE/status/1541787306562134020

Rondaz · « **Reply #316 on:** 06/29/2022 01:23 am »

The next generation of innovators, designers, and explorers are writing the next chapter of human spaceflight alongside our team every day.

Welcome to the 2022 Axiom intern cohort building towards a future of endless possibilities in orbit.

https://twitter.com/Axiom_Space/status/1541897237579571201

Rondaz · « **Reply #317 on:** 07/02/2022 09:52 pm »

Today Axiom will be participating at this year’s @glexsummit to discuss the future of commercial space.

Watch our CRO @tejpaul, Chief Astronaut @CommanderMLA, and Private Astronaut Recruiter @Simon___Jenner share their insight starting at 12:45 pm CT: https://glexsummit.com..

https://twitter.com/Axiom_Space/status/1543218441464709120

Rondaz · « **Reply #318 on:** 07/13/2022 02:26 pm »

The first 50 years of space exploration have had a profound impact on humankind, not only through advances in science and technology, but also by expanding the human perspective of our place in the universe. What will the next 50 years bring?

https://twitter.com/CommanderMLA/status/1547213743851028480

Rondaz · « **Reply #319 on:** 07/22/2022 02:31 pm »

Being an astronaut is anything but routine, but when you do it as a career for a long time, it becomes . . . familiar. After several years away from that environment, getting to return to space has made #Ax1 the most precious of all my spaceflights.

https://twitter.com/CommanderMLA/status/1550480437147013121