The countdown to the moon doesn’t start on a launchpad. For the team at Axiom Space in Houston, it starts years before, at a workbench, stitch by stitch.

“As space infrastructure moves from government-led to commercially operated, it’s critical we preserve and expand access to low-Earth orbit (LOE) for science,” Dr. Lucie Low, Axiom’s chief science officer, said.

The International Space Station's first visitors from India, Poland and Hungary are headed back to Earth.

The first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary have arrived at the International Space Station, ferried there by SpaceX on a private flight.

India, Poland and Hungary are back in human spaceflight.

"The studies will contribute to the global knowledge base in human research, Earth observation, and life, biological, and material sciences, showcasing the space research capabilities of the crew’s home nations," Axiom Space said in a statement.

Astronauts from Turkey, Italy and Sweden are back on Earth, ending a private three-week trip to the International Space Station.

A private flight carrying two Saudi astronauts and other visitors has arrived at the International Space Station.

Moonwalking astronauts will have sleeker, more flexible spacesuits that come in different sizes when they step onto the lunar surface later this decade.

A spacesuit prototype of what NASA astronauts, including the first woman, plan to wear on the surface of the Moon during the agency’s Artemis III mission, was revealed Wednesday at Space Center Houston.

The former Fry’s Electronics building in Webster will have a new purpose: Axiom Space’s engineering operations.

NASA announced Houston-based Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace were chosen to move forward in developing the next generation of spacesuits for Artemis missions at the Moon and the International Space Station. Authorities made the announcement at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

The headquarters will be where the aerospace company will train private astronauts and begin production of its Axiom Station

Axiom Space has successfully launched its first-ever Ax-1 (Axiom Mission 1) crew to orbit on Friday morning.

History will be made when four all-private astronauts make their way on the first all-private mission to the International Space Station as part of Axiom Mission 1.

HOUSTON – The Houston Spaceport will be home to the world’s first space station to built by a commercial space company. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced Tuesday that Axiom Space will build a 14-acre headquarters at the city’s spaceport next year and provide 1,000 high-paying jobs. Suffredini said the first module of the Axiom space station is set to be launched in late 2024 and will be the first commercial module to be attached to the International Space Station. Once the ISS is retired, the Axiom modules will detach and remain in low-earth orbit. Axiom will also provide commercial missions to the space station, the first of which is expected to launch late next year, Suffredini said.