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Mike Suffredini, President and CEO of Axiom, joins me to talk about their recent announcement: Axiom has been selected by NASA for access to an ISS port. They will build out Axiom Station as an expansion of the ISS, and eventually operate it as a free-flying space station. Before Axiom, Mike was NASA’s ISS Program Manager for a decade.

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Topics

• Axiom Space
• Axiom Space - Overview and Team
• NASA Selects First Commercial Destination Module for Space Station | NASA
• Axiom selected by NASA for access to International Space Station port
• Assembly Sequence: Watch the Axiom Segment of the ISS constructed module-by-module
• NASA Selects Axiom for ISS Node 2 Expansion - Main Engine Cut Off
• Episode T+120: Dr. Mike Baine, Axiom Space - Main Engine Cut Off
• NextSTEP K: Commercial Destination Development in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Free Flyer | NASA

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