At the moment, Ax-3 is still in its very early stages. The private space company will still have to submit four proposed crew members and two back up crew to the agency for review, with the mission commander being a flown NASA astronaut. (Ax-2, for instance, was headed by retired NASA astronaut Peggy Annette Whitson.) Under the parties' agreement, NASA may ask the commander to perform certain tasks or science experiments while onboard. Meanwhile, Axiom Space astronauts will be able to use NASA cargo and other in-orbit resources for daily use.

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So they are just providing crew not flight hardware?

IIRC, Ax1 also used Axiom’s mission control.

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They go up on Crew Dragon. Eventually they plan to have their own ISS modules, which will then spin off to become their own space station.

> which will then spin off

Hopefully not while still attached to the ISS. coughsky coughsky

It's not Russian, it won't accidentally spin the ISS.

It is a pretty brilliant idea to bootstrap a new space station off ISS instead of starting from scratch.

It did not (it wasn't ready yet). They are planning to use it for Ax-2 though.

Is the ISS ending in 2034? I hope so. Why not get to the moon for further projects in space. There were 17 total missions to moon back in the 60s and 70s. Gee.