Axiom Space

Axiom Space, Inc.
Company type	Private incorporated company
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	2016
Founder	Michael T. Suffredini; Kam Ghaffarian
Headquarters	Houston, Texas; United States
Key people	Tejpaul Bhatia (CEO); Kam Ghaffarian (Executive Chairman); Rob Meyerson (Director); Amir Blachman (CBO); Brent W. Jett Jr; Charles Bolden; Christian Maender; Matt Ondler; Michael Lopez-Alegria; Peggy Whitson; Koichi Wakata;
Services	Human spaceflight; In-space research and manufacturing;
Number of employees	790 (2023)
Website	axiomspace.com
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Axiom Space, Inc., also known as Axiom Space, is an American privately funded space infrastructure developer headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Founded in 2016 by former CEO Michael T. Suffredini^[3] 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). The company aims to own and operate a modular commercial space station in the late 2020s.^[4]^[5] The company's employees include former NASA Administrator Charles Bolden^[6] and astronauts Michael Lopez-Alegria, Peggy Whitson, Brent W. Jett Jr and Koichi Wakata.^[7]

The company sent its first commercial astronauts into orbit in 2022. It also plans human spaceflight for government-funded and commercial astronauts engaging in in-space research, in-space manufacturing, and space exploration.^[8]

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