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Suff finished a decorated 30-year career at NASA by serving as its International Space Station Program Manager from 2005 to 2015.

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Meet the Team

A key leader in the success of humanity’s first permanent foray off of the Earth – the International Space Station – Michael Suffredini is one of the world’s few and foremost authorities on the development and operation of space stations. Known colloquially throughout the space industry as simply “Suff,” he assembled and heads a world-class team of experts at Axiom Space developing history’s first commercial destination in orbit to realize the vision of a thriving home in space that benefits every human, everywhere.

Suff finished a decorated 30-year career at NASA by serving as its International Space Station Program Manager from 2005 to 2015. In that time, he oversaw the development and operation of the 460-metric ton, permanently inhabited international orbiting laboratory. He led the transition of the 15-nation ISS Program, the largest international peacetime project in human history, from completion of assembly to research and commercial utilization. He previously held several ISS Program roles and, prior to that, was Assistant Manager of the Space Shuttle Prog

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President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Axiom Space, Inc.

B.S. ASE 1983, The University of Texas at Austin

Michael T. Suffredini is President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Axiom Space, Inc., which aims to develop the world’s first commercial space station. He has 35+ years of experience in human spaceflight, and served as NASA’s International Space Station (ISS) program manager for a decade prior to his retirement in late 2015.

Suffredini earned his bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 1983 and joined NASA in January 1989.

As ISS program manager, Suffredini was responsible for all aspects of the program including design, development, assembly, operation and utilization of the 460 metric ton, permanently manned international orbiting laboratory complex. The 15-nation program is the largest international peacetime project in human history. During his tenure, Suffredini successfully led the transition of the ISS program from a development and assembly focus to a research and commercial utilization focus,