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NASA Selects Axiom for Second Private Space Mission to International Space Station

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NASA Selects Axiom for Second Private Space Mission to International Space Station

NASA announced a partnership with aerospace company Axiom Space for its second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The space agency stated that it will now negotiate a mission order agreement for Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) with Axiom. The mission will allow the spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station for up to 14 days. The goal is to launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA between September 2022 and June 2023. The agency’s first private space mission with the same company, called Ax-1, is scheduled for February 21 next year.

During the Ax-2 mission, private astronauts will coordinate activities with the International Space Station crew and ground flight controllers. Mission objectives include scientific research and outreach activities. Both the agency and the company will negotiate the activities of private astronauts in orbit during the mission.

NASA said in a tweet: “We have chosen Axiom Space for the second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, with the goal of launching no earlier than the end of the fall of 2022.” In another statement, NASA explained why Choose Axiom Space as the second private mission. The agency “evaluates mission proposals based on Axiom’s ability to successfully execute it, NASA’s ability to support it, and its contribution to Axiom’s mission and low-Earth orbit commercialization goals.”

NASA and its international partners will review Axiom’s proposal to select astronauts for the Ax-2 mission. Prior to obtaining approval, selected crew members will undergo medical qualification testing in accordance with NASA guidelines. NASA has decided to cooperate with private companies to develop a space station for commercial activities. In this fast-growing industry, the largest participant is SpaceX led by Elon Musk.

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Axiom is led by Michael Suffredini, who served as NASA project manager from 2005 to 2015. Suffredini founded the company in 2016 to build a private space station that can be visited by various clients for research. The Ax-1 mission was led by former NASA astronaut and Axiom Space vice president Michael Lopez-Alegria.

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

Tom Holland, last seen in Apple TV show The Crowded Room last year, has signed his next with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan.

Tom Holland is going to have a very busy 2025. As per The Hollywood Reporter, the actor has signed Christopher Nolan’s next, which he will juggle the filming of with that of the long-awaited Spider-Man 4. (Also Read – Tom Holland shares why he left alcohol behind: ‘Struggling without booze…’)

Tom signs Nolan’s next

This will mark the first collaboration between Tom and Christopher. While details of his next directorial aren’t known yet, it’s most likely not to have a contemporary setting. It’ll be either set in the past like, his previous film Oppenheimer (2023), or in the future like Interstellar (2014). Matt Damon, who has worked with Christopher in both, has also come on board his next.

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Christopher’s next will be co-produced by him and his wife Emma Thomas’ banner Syncopy Inc and Universal Pictures, as the two production houses will team up after the Academy Award-winning blockbuster Oppenheimer last year. Prior to Oppenheimer, Christopher collaborated mostly with Warner Bros before having a fallout post the debacle of Tenet (2020).

Warner Bros then went on to produce Greta Gerwig’s musical satire Barbie, which clashed with Oppenheimer at the box office and even outperformed it globally. Warner Bros offered Christopher a cheque for the fees he waived off for helming Tenet during the pandemic. While Christopher graciously accepted the belated remuneration, he still went on to pitch his next to Warner Bros.

Tom’s busy schedule

Tom didn’t have any release this year. His last outing was Todd Graff’s psychological thriller show The Crowded Room on Apple TV last year. He’ll juggle the filming of Christopher Nolan’s next and Spider-Man 4 in 2025. Tom has been playing the superhero ever since Russo Brothers’ 2016 blockbuster Captain America: Civil War. He’s slipped into the Peter Parker shoes post that for three standalone films and two Avengers movies. Spider-Man 4 will be helmed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton.

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As Tom’s girlfriend and co-star Zendaya will be busy filming Spider-Man 4 in 2025, she’ll reprise her role of Chani in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi spectacle Dune 3 only in 2026. Meanwhile, Tom is also likely to make an appearance as Spider-Man in Russo Brothers’ Avengers: Doomsday, which will go on floors in the spring of 2025.

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