NASA commissions tech startup to build first-ever commercial living pod in the international space station
NASA has commissioned Axiom Space, a tech startup, to build the first-ever commercial habitable pod for the International Space Station. This pod could be used to house experiments and even commercial tourists just visiting space. Both organizations have not worked out a schedule for the construction and operation of the pod as of yet.
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NASA continues to work on critical missions and space tourism initiative
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You can now take a ten-day trip to the ISS for the low price of just $55 million
Axiom Space has announced that it is now willing and able to send people on a round trip to the International Space Station for 10 whole days. The trip will cost the customer $55 million and will launch sometime in 2021. The company intends to send 3 people to the ISS at a time.
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SpaceX contracted by NASA to explore Psyche asteroid
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