There are movies to be shot, beauty products to be promoted and tourists to be welcomed to the space station. Last year the agency laid out a plan that would allow companies and private astronauts to come aboard, for a price. In addition to SpaceX, Boeing Co. is also developing a crew capsule to ferry NASA astronauts to the station. The crew, with former NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria as capsule commander and three private astronauts, will launch in a SpaceX Crew Dragon. Axiom plans to build a commercial space station and have it operational in 2028.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 13, 2020 21:08 UTC