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☆ Axiom Space raises $350 million from Saudi and Korean investors
  + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
Chief Engineer Jim Stein wears the new spacesuit during the Axiom Space Artemis III Lunar Spacesuit event at Space Center Houston in Houston, Texas, on March 15, 2023. Space company Axiom raised $350 million in a round that was led by Saudi-owned Aljazira Capital and Korean health-care investment firm Boryung, the company announced Monday. Houston-based Axiom trains and flies both private and government astronauts on missions to the International Space Station via launches with SpaceX. It's developing human spaceflight technologies including a commercial space station and a lunar spacesuit. It's flown two crews to the ISS, including the recently completed Ax-2 mission, and is working to launch its first space station module by 2026.
Persons: Jim Stein, Axion, It's, Naif Almesned Organizations: Space Center Houston, Saudi, Aljazira Capital, Houston, International Space, SpaceX Locations: Houston , Texas
☆ Don't let NASA fool you: The next astronauts on the moon will not be wearing black spacesuits
  + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
NASA and Axiom Space revealed a new spacesuit for the Artemis moon missions last week. The spacesuit is black, but astronauts have to wear white when they're on the lunar surface. Axiom Space chief engineer Jim Stein shows off the prototype spacesuit in Houston on March 15, 2023. Astronauts can't wear black on the moonThe Apollo moon suits were white for a reason. Axiom's spacesuit prototype looks cool, but we're waiting for the version that will go to the moon.
☆ U.S. grapples with forces unleashed by Iraq invasion 20 years later
  + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Arshad Mohammed Jonathan Landay | Arshad Mohammed | Jonathan Landay | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +7 min
U.S. forces in both countries combat Islamic State militants, who are also active from North Africa to Afghanistan. MASSIVE COSTSThe costs of U.S. involvement in Iraq and Syria are massive. "It was worth it because the decision was not simply: 'Does Saddam pose a WMD threat in 2003?'" IN THE GULF'Ryan Crocker, who served as U.S. ambassador in Iraq, said the 2003 invasion did not immediately undermine U.S. influence in the Gulf but the 2011 withdrawal helped push Arab states to start hedging their bets. Reporting By Arshad Mohammed and Jonathan Landay; Additional reporting by Idrees Ali; Editing by William MacleanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ Axiom unveils spacesuits for NASA's upcoming Artemis moon missions
  + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Michael Sheetz | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
Chief Engineer Jim Stein wears the new spacesuit during the Axiom Space Artemis III Lunar Spacesuit event at Space Center Houston in Houston, Texas, on March 15, 2023. "We're pleased that humanity's next steps on the moon are going to be in an Axiom spacesuit," Suffredini added. NASA's Artemis program represents a series of missions with escalating goals. In addition to Axiom, NASA also awarded a contract to Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of Raytheon , to build next-generation spacesuits. Under the Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services program, NASA expects to provide up to $3.5 billion for spacesuits through 2034.
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