https://spacewatch.global/tag/jonathan-cirtain/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:48:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/jonathan-cirtain/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/02/nasa-selects-axiom-space-for-fifth-private-mission-ax-5-to-the-international-space-station/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=71032 NASA and Axiom Space have signed an order for the fifth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station targeted to launch no earlier than January 2027 from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will tentatively spend up to 14 days aboard the space station. Over the course of the mission, Axiom Space will purchase mission services from NASA, including crew consumables, cargo delivery, storage, and other in-orbit resources for daily use. On the other hand, NASA will purchase from Axiom Space the capability to return scientific samples that must be kept cold during transit back to Earth.]]>