Space station builder teams up on exercise tech

Houston-based Axiom Space, working to build a commercial space station, announced that it is partnering with a Danish company to collaborate on exercise technology and human performance monitoring in space.

Axiom has agreed to use Danish Aerospace Co.’s systems when taking its first mission to the International Space Station.

The news release did not say when this mission would be, though the Chronicle previously reported that, for $55 million, Axiom will fly people to the International Space Station starting in 2020.

NASA in August announced that Axiom was among 13 companies selected to study the future of commercial human spaceflight in low-Earth orbit, including opportunities for the International Space Station.

Axiom plans to send humans to the International Space Station, increase the demand for commercial opportunities in low-Earth orbit and then help transition the government-funded International Space Station to the Axiom Station.

Danish Aerospace is building wireless physiological monitors and compact exercise equipment capable of supporting humans in space and other extreme environments.

The two companies will also explore using Danish Aerospace’s ergometer FERGO and its multi-function exercise system on the future Axiom Station. Danish Aerospace previously developed ergometers, bicycle-like exercise equipment, used in the space shuttle program.