posted 01-10-2024 12:01 AM               

Axiom astronaut Peggy Whitson hangs up her flight suit... on public display

The United States' most experienced astronaut has hung up her flight suit.

Peggy Whitson, who spent 675 days in space over the course of four missions — three for NASA and one commercial — came to Space Center Houston on Monday (Jan. 8) for the reveal of her Axiom Space flight suit as it was placed on public display. She wore the emblem-adorned, blue and black garment as the commander of Ax-2, the second all-private astronaut flight to the International Space Station (ISS), which was organized by Axiom in 2023.

posted 11-21-2024 12:00 PM               

Flight suit worn on first all-private astronaut mission to ISS debuts on display

When Michael Lopez-Alegria commanded the first privately-funded crewed mission to visit the International Space Station, he traded his NASA "blues" for a "Deep Space" and "Mesosphere" flight suit.

Two years later, the public can get an up-close look at those new hues for human spaceflight while touring NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Lopez-Alegria's Axiom Space Ax-1 suit went on display on Thursday (Nov. 21) alongside the retired space shuttle Atlantis.