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Private Space Station Coming Soon? Company Aiming For 2020 Launch
The first Axiom module (lower right, with body-mounted solar panels) would be coupled to the International Space Station (ISS). This module would use one port when docked to the ISS but will provide three additional ports. Credit: Axiom Space
January 30th, 2017 | 09:49 AM | 1586 views
SPACE.COM
Work is underway to establish the world's first private, international commercial space station, a complex that would serve a global community of sovereign and private astronauts.
The builders of the Axiom International Commercial Space Station aim to enlarge the landscape of low-Earth orbit, to create what they view as a "historic shift" in human spaceflight.
Making a space outpost available to nations, organizations and individuals could help make living and working in Earth orbit commonplace and support the exploration of deep space, Axiom representatives said.
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by Leonard David
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