Axiom Space, Inc. is an American privately funded space infrastructure developer headquartered in Houston, Texas. It was founded in 2016 by Michael T. Suffredini and Kam Ghaffarian. The company flew its first mission in 2022, Axiom Mission 1, the first commercially crewed private spaceflight to the International Space Station, and it aims to own and operate a modular commercial space station in the late 2020s. Its staff includes astronauts Michael Lopez-Alegria, Peggy Whitson and Koichi Wakata, and the company plans further human spaceflights for government and commercial astronauts engaged in in-space research, manufacturing and exploration.
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Agency TypePrivately funded space infrastructure and space station developer 1 Founded Year Headquarters HeadJonathan W. Cirtain (CEO) 1 Cirtain is a recent CEO appointment per the infobox key_people citation (Axiom team page, accessed by the Wikipedia article October 15, 2025); Axiom has had more than one CEO since its 2016 founding (Suffredini, then Bhatia, then Cirtain). Connections
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Jonathan W. Cirtain (CEO)
Axiom Space (Wikipedia)
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is an American privately funded space infrastructure developer headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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is an American privately funded space infrastructure developer headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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Founded in 2016 by Michael T. Suffredini and Kam Ghaffarian, the company first flew a spaceflight in 2022: Axiom Mission 1, the first commercially crewed private spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Axiom Space, Inc., is an American privately funded space infrastructure developer headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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His spaceflight is organized by the Hungarian state in cooperation with the American space company Axiom Space.
Walter Villadei - Wikipedia
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In 2022, he was selected for training in Houston to prepare for a future space flight with Axiom Space.
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In 2022, he was selected for training in Houston to prepare for a future space flight with Axiom Space.
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He flew to International Space Station by taking part in a special space flight on 18 January 2024 with the Axiom Mission 3 (or Ax-3) mission.
Wikipedia: Rayyanah Barnawi
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She is the first Saudi female astronaut, selected for Axiom Mission 2 as a mission specialist by the Saudi Space Commission; her selection was officially announced on February 12, 2023.
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She is the first Saudi female astronaut, selected for Axiom Mission 2 as a mission specialist by the Saudi Space Commission; her selection was officially announced on February 12, 2023.
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Fardous (Arabic: مريم حامد خليل فردوس; born 15 September 1984) is a Saudi astronaut, selected as a back-up astronaut for Axiom Mission 2 by the Saudi Space Commission; her selection was officially announced on February 12, 2023.
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Fardous (Arabic: مريم حامد خليل فردوس; born 15 September 1984) is a Saudi astronaut, selected as a back-up astronaut for Axiom Mission 2 by the Saudi Space Commission; her selection was officially announced on February 12, 2023.
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