Axiom Gives NASA Preview Of Increasingly Complicated ISS Ops

Axiom-1 mission
The Axiom-1 mission, originally planned to last 10 days, came to an end on April 25, after 17 days in orbit.
Credit: SpaceX
As a pathfinder for future collaboration with commercial spaceflight companies, the recently completed Axiom Space private astronaut mission to the International Space Station gave NASA more than it bargained for. The mission, known as Axiom-1 (Ax-1), was bookended by scheduling issues. For launch...

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