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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to AXIOM SPACE INC

aerospaceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2022 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2022-09-08·LATEST ACTION2026-06-17·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80JSC022FA103_8000_80JSC022DA022_8000
Award description

EXPLORATION EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY SERVICE (XEVAS) ARTEMIS PROGRAM

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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In plain English

Latest obligation on the 2022 Axiom Space contract to develop spacewalk services for NASA's Artemis lunar program.

Sub-sectors
nasa-artemisextravehicular-activitycommercial-space-station
Why this matters

Axiom is building commercial spacewalk capability critical to NASA's plan for sustained lunar exploration and reducing dependence on government-only EVA infrastructure.

Supply-chain signal

Signals NASA's strategy to leverage commercial partners for EVA suits, life support, and operations—reducing single-source risk on government-developed systems.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. commercial spacewalk capability strengthens American leadership in lunar operations as China pursues its own crewed lunar program.

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Period of performance
Start
2022-09-08
End
2028-11-02
Status
activein 856 days
Sources

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