Texas’ Space City took another step toward the future Tuesday when Axiom Space, which aims to develop the first private space station, chose Houston as its home.
Elon Musk called South Texas "the gateway to Mars" earlier this month due to its support for his SpaceX operations, but now Houston will house a 14-acre facility where Axiom plans to build components for its station according to Mayor Sylvester Turner. "We will take off in the city of Houston," Turner said Tuesday in a news conference.
Ellington Airport’s spaceport will house the new facility. (Axiom Space) Axiom was co-founded by a pair of veterans in the field – president and CEO Michael Suffredini, who spent a decade managing the International Space Station Program, and Dr.
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