Private Space Stations May Take Flight in 2020

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — 2020 may be the year a private space station gets off the ground. Two companies — Bigelow Aerospace and Axiom Space — plan to launch habitat modules to orbit in 2020, with the aim of making some money off Earth. If all goes according to plan, such habitats will eventually form the backbone of commercial facilities that replace the International Space Station (ISS), which is currently funded through 2024.

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