The Private Astronaut Mission (PAM) program is a NASA initiative that allows private operators to conduct crewed spaceflights to the International Space Station (ISS). The program was created to expand access to the ISS for commercial and international partners while NASA focuses on its primary Artemis program objectives.
As of June 2026, seven PAM missions have been announced. All missions to date have utilized the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.
List of missions
Flight No. Operator Mission Patch Capsule Launch Return Crew Outcome PAM-1 Axiom Space Axiom Space-1 C206 Endeavour Michael López-Alegría Larry Connor Eytan Stibbe Mark Pathy First private flight to the ISS PAM-2 Axiom Space Axiom Space-2 C212 Freedom Peggy Whitson John Shoffner Ali AlQarni Rayyanah Barnawi Second private flight to the ISS PAM-3 Axiom Space Axiom Space-3 C212 Freedom Michael López-Alegría Walter Villadei Alper Gezeravcı Marcus Wandt Third private flight to the ISS PAM-4 Axiom Space Axiom Space-4 C213 Grace Peggy Whitson Shubhanshu Shukla Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski Tibor Kapu Fourth private flight to the ISS PAM-5 Axiom Space Axiom Space-5 NET January 2027 NET January 2027 To be announcedTo be announcedTo be announcedTo be announced Fifth private flight to the ISS PAM-6 Vast Vast-PAM-1 NET July 2027 NET July 2027 Thomas Pesquet Aleš Svoboda Adrianós GolémisTo be announced Sixth private flight to the ISS PAM-7 Voyager Technologies VOYG-1 NET January 2028 NET January 2028 To be announcedTo be announcedTo be announcedTo be announced Seventh private flight to the ISS
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