Axiom Space vs Google

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Axiom Space is a commercial space company founded in 2016 by former NASA ISS program manager Michael Suffredini, with a mission to build and operate the world's first private space station. The company is executing a phased strategy that begins with attaching commercial modules to the International Space Station before the ISS is retired, then operating as a standalone commercial station in orbit. Axiom has already launched private astronaut missions to the ISS, generating revenue from space tourism and research while building toward its permanent station. The company raised over $350M and has contracts with NASA, ESA, and commercial customers for astronaut training, microgravity research, and manufacturing capabilities in space. Axiom Space is also developing next-generation spacesuits for NASA's Artemis Moon program. As the ISS approaches its planned decommissioning in 2030, Axiom is positioned to be the primary successor commercial platform for scientific research, manufacturing of materials impossible to produce on Earth, and private human spaceflight.