Commercial Space

International Space Station (ISS)
Commercial Space
Private Astronaut Missions
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 award of our fifth private astronaut mission shows that commercial space is not a distant promise, but a present […]
Posted January 31, 2026
Communicating and Navigating with Missions
Artemis
Artemis 2
Commercial Space
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Space Communications & Navigation Program
The Future of Commercial Space
NASA has selected 34 global volunteers to track the Orion spacecraft during the crewed Artemis II mission’s journey around the Moon. The Artemis II test flight will launch NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, carrying the Orion spacecraft and a crew of four astronauts, on a mission into deep space. The agency’s second mission in […]
Posted January 23, 2026
Commercial Space
Communicating and Navigating with Missions
Space Communications Technology
Technology Demonstration
Just like your cellphone stays connected by roaming between networks, NASA’s Polylingual Experimental Terminal, or PExT, technology demonstration is proving space missions can do the same by switching seamlessly between government and commercial communications networks.
Posted December 19, 2025
Communicating and Navigating with Missions
Commercial Space
Space Communications & Navigation Program
Space Operations Mission Directorate
NASA’s commercial partners are actively demonstrating next-generation satellite relay capabilities for spaceflight missions, marking a significant step toward retiring the agency’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) system and adopting commercial services.
Posted December 17, 2025
Low Earth Orbit Economy
Commercial Space
Johnson Space Center
NASA is requesting feedback from American companies on the next phase of its commercial space stations strategy to ensure a seamless transition of activities in low Earth orbit from the International Space Station.
Posted September 5, 2025
International Space Station (ISS)
Commercial Crew
Commercial Space
Commercial Space Programs
Humans in Space
ISS Research
Johnson Space Center
Space Operations Mission Directorate
NASA will provide live coverage of the undocking and departure of the Axiom Mission 4 private astronaut mission from the International Space Station. The four-member astronaut crew is scheduled to undock from the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft at approximately 7:05 a.m.
Posted July 11, 2025
Commercial Crew
Commercial Space
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Space Operations Mission Directorate
Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA’s 11th rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft carrying astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition.
Posted July 1, 2025
Commercial Space
Humans in Space
Johnson Space Center
Low Earth Orbit Economy
NASA astronaut Raja Chari and Dr. V. Narayanan, chairman of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation), interact outside the Orion spacecraft mockup at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Posted July 1, 2025
Commercial Space
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
Low Earth Orbit Economy
A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the Axiom Mission 4 crew docks to the space-facing port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module on June 26.
Posted June 27, 2025
Commercial Crew
Commercial Space
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Johnson Space Center
Editor’s note: This advisory was updated June 26, 2025, to reflect a change in the docking coverage on NASA+ for Axiom Mission 4, as well as the Dragon spacecraft’s arrival at the International Space Station. As part of NASA’s efforts to expand access to space, four private astronauts are in orbit following the successful launch […]
Posted June 25, 2025
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