NASA Selects Axiom for Second Private Space Mission to International Space Station
NASA has announced a collaboration with aerospace company Axiom Space for its second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The space agency said it will now negotiate with Axiom on a mission order agreement for the Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2). The mission, which will see a spacecraft docked to the ISS for a maximum of 14 days, is targeted for launch between September 2022 and June 2023 from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, US. The agency's first private mission to space with the same company,…