NASA has partnered with Houston-based Axiom Space to develop a commercial habitat to the International Space Station and begin constructing an orbiting complex that could eventually replace the international research outpost. This project would connect a commercial module to the forward port on the ISS Harmony module by the end of 2024. To achieve this goal, Axiom is collaborating with SpaceX to send a private astronauts for short stays on the ISS by the end of this year. Read more for a video, additional pictures and information.
Each set is rumored to cost around $55 million USD, and Tom Cruise is set to be one of the first customers, along with movie producer and director Doug Liman. If successful, this will be the first film shot entirely in space. There’s just one caveat for future space tourists: you’ll have to spend 15-weeks in training before you’ll be allowed to continue one your AxStation mission.
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Twenty years after astronauts first began to live and work aboard the ISS, Axiom offers you the ability to traverse the sublime reach of space and fulfill personal goals of a philosophical, philanthropic, scientific or commercial nature—and help open a new chapter in human history,” said Axiom.
