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Axiom Space is building a commercial space station while running private astronaut missions to the ISS and developing NASA's next-generation AxEMU spacesuit.
ACTIVEBuilding the world's first commercial space station while conducting private astronaut missions to the ISS. Also developing NASA's next-gen spacesuit (AxEMU). It also develops orbital data centers: its AxDCU-1 prototype reached the ISS on SpaceX's 33rd resupply mission (August 24, 2025), and its first two orbital data center nodes, carried on Kepler Communications satellites, launched on January 11, 2026. In May 2025 the Texas Space Commission awarded it up to $5.5 million toward this work.
Building the world's first commercial space station while conducting private astronaut missions to the ISS. Also developing NASA's next-gen spacesuit (AxEMU). It also develops orbital data centers: its AxDCU-1 prototype reached the ISS on SpaceX's 33rd resupply mission (August 24, 2025), and its first two orbital data center nodes, carried on Kepler Communications satellites, launched on January 11, 2026. In May 2025 the Texas Space Commission awarded it up to $5.5 million toward this work.
Rank 14 of 93 ranked companies. With the pillars we have not measured for this company filled at the 10th and 90th percentiles of the companies we did measure, and every other company held at its published total, the rank is likely between 9 and 26.
4 of 8 inputs measured · Medium confidence · 81% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Market value, Reported revenue
Not measured: Capital raised (24 months)
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
A pillar score averages the company’s percentiles among the tracked companies with a value: relative standing, not a grade. Inputs measured 2026-10-13 (UTC) · methodology v6. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
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Sources: Founded, Headquarters, CEO, Employees
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3 private rounds on record (1 with no stated amount, counted but not added). Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Chief of International Operations for New Swiss Subsidiary, Axiom Space
From Executive Moves (recorded since Aug 2026).
Commercial space station initially attached to ISS, later free-flying.
Commercial missions to the ISS for private astronauts and nations.
Stage, milestones, announced next steps and slips, funding and filings, every fact sourced:
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3 dated public commitments by Axiom Space, with sources and outcomes on the Promise Ledger.
Compiled Oct 14, 2026 from 6 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Space federal awards
11 awards, $603.5M obligated
Awards with activity since Oct 1, 2018, as searched Sep 24, 2026. Awarded Feb 12, 2019 to Aug 11, 2026; most from NASA (11 awards)
Counts awards the government's own product code or programme title marks as space work, or the space research industry code; the satellite-telecoms industry code counts only together with a space agency, office or a space word in the award's own description. Obligated dollars, not ceilings; umbrella contracts (IDVs) are left out because their orders are counted one by one. Amounts as USAspending reported them on Sep 24, 2026.
Source: USAspending.gov recipient profile (all awards, not only space)
Latest award Aug 11, 2026
Latest space award
$1.7M from NASA
THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE REISSUE OF THE PAM 5 AX-5 MISSION SPECIFIC ORDER THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED UNDER PIID 80JSC026F0015, BUT IS NOW...
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Awarded Aug 11, 2026
Latest sourced round
Equity round: amount undisclosed
Co-led by Type One Ventures and Qatar Investment Authority
Source: SpaceNews
Announced Feb 12, 2026
Sourced rounds on record
3 rounds, $480.0M disclosed
1 with no amount disclosed
Published rounds with a source link only, on the same rules as the funding tracker. Each round links the source that states its figure; amounts in other currencies are converted to dollars at the rate shown on the funding tracker.
Open roles
95 open roles
90 days ago: before our daily count began (Aug 13, 2026)
Roles on the company's own jobs board, read by our daily sync. Listings posted or paid for on SpaceNexus are not counted. Earlier daily counts include every listed role.
Source: Company jobs board (Workday)
Counted Oct 13, 2026
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
11 space awards, $603.5M obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Aug 11, 2026
Took part in Equity round (Feb 12, 2026)
SpaceNews, Feb 12, 2026
4iG
Took part in Equity round (Feb 12, 2026)
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 14). Axiom Space: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/axiom-space
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Axiom Space: Company dossier." Data as of October 14, 2026. Accessed October 14, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/axiom-space.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_axiomspace_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Axiom Space}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/axiom-space}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/axiom-space},
urldate = {2026-10-14},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-14; each fact links its primary source}
}Kam Ghaffarian
Took part in Equity round (Feb 12, 2026)
SpaceNews, Feb 12, 2026
Took part in Equity round (Feb 12, 2026)
SpaceNews, Feb 12, 2026
MUFG Bank
Took part in Equity round (Feb 12, 2026)
SpaceNews, Feb 12, 2026
Co-led Equity round (Feb 12, 2026)
SpaceNews, Feb 12, 2026
Co-led Equity round (Feb 12, 2026)
SpaceNews, Feb 12, 2026
Aljazira Capital
Co-led Series C (Aug 21, 2023)
SpaceNews, Aug 21, 2023
Boryung
Co-led Series C (Aug 21, 2023)
SpaceNews, Aug 21, 2023
C5 Capital
Recorded as lead of Series B (Feb 16, 2021)
Axiom Space (press release), Feb 16, 2021