Avionics - Agile adoption of new technologies has avionics on pace to be Axiom Station’s first flight-ready system and embodies the expert touch that characterizes its next-generation design. Deep into their development, this test bed is used to test, debug, and validate its code.

Hatch - The Axiom Station module hatches will allow crews to access current and future station elements and visiting vehicles, enabling a dynamic environment for economic activity on orbit. This development unit validates the design’s ability to seal under a predetermined input force.

Propulsion - Axiom modules are each individual spacecraft equipped with systems need to maneuver in orbit, including propulsion thrusters developed in-house. This test unit continues to cycle through new and progressively longer hot-fire cycles to refine the design.

Bulkhead - Each Axiom module’s primary structure features four radial bulkheads to which other space station modules and visiting spacecraft can attach, supporting increased traffic and future expansion. The first Axiom module’s bulkheads are well into their machining at our partner Thales Alenia Space’s Turin facility.

Windows – Eight of the largest windows ever constructed for the space environment will encircle the Axiom Earth Observatory cupola, allowing Axiom Station’s entire crew to overlook the Earth in 360-degree freedom from orbit. This test unit continues to undergo increasingly extensive vacuum seal and stress testing to confirm the design meets all leak rate, outgassing, and material deformation requirements.