Axiom Space is planning to launch a private space station in 2024 in a bid to commercialise space travel, according to ANU Cosmologist Dr Brad Tucker.
The company won the contract from NASA who wanted a commercial space station which would be free from the regulations and treaties governing the current International Space Station.
The International Space Station is under the joint control of the United States, Russia and other partners.
Mr Tucker said this was a big development for space travel and would make experimentation in space more effective and financially viable for private companies and countries without huge space programs.
Under the current plan the commercial space station would be attached to the international space station with the possibility of separating in the future.
