Vast Hires SpaceX For Planned Private Astronaut Mission Bid

Axiom Space, in partnership with NASA, has so far flown three private astronaut missions to the ISS.

Credit: Axiom Space
Privately owned startup Vast Space has signed an agreement with SpaceX to support a planned bid for a pair of prospective U.S. private astronaut missions (PAM) to the International Space Station (ISS), a program that has so far been the sole domain of Houston-based Axiom Space. Like Axiom, Vast has...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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