The International Space Station (ISS) is taking a big step toward increased commercial use. NASA has picked Houston-based company Axiom Space to build at least one habitable private module that will ...

NanoRacks and Boeing are designing the new airlock to be used on the ISS and then moved to a future commercial space platform, Jeff Manber, NanoRacks chief executive, told SpaceNews. Credit: NanoRacks ...

An illustration of the Ixion module, an upper stage left in orbit and refitted as a space station module, being attached to the ISS. Credit: NanoRacks HOUSTON — A five-month study supported by NASA ...

NASA has announced its selection for the first commercial habitat module to be installed on the International Space Station (ISS). Houston, Texas-based Axiom Space will provide the first part of what ...

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HOUSTON — A five-month study supported by NASA has concluded that it is technically feasible to convert a launch vehicle upper stage into a habitat module that could be used on the International Space ...