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Commercial spaceflight company Axiom Space today announced the launch of its own non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace as part of the firmâs âhistoricâ Ax-1 mission to the International Space Station that commenced earlier today.
According to a press release shared with CryptoSlate, Axiom plans to mint several NFTs during the mission, starting today with yet-to-be-revealed debut tokens that âspace fans of all kindsâ will be able to purchase. Tejpaul Bhatia, the chief revenue officer at Axiom Space, commented on the news:
âWeâre pleased to debut the official Axiom Space NFTs to the global space community. It has been our mission to make the dream of traveling to space a reality for more of humanity and our digital artwork offering is a first step in getting everyone involved.â
He also noted that Axiomâs NFT collection is just one of the firmâs several initiatives designed to âencourage interest in exploring life beyond Earthâs orbit while working to make participation in space exploration more accessible.â
To NFT-nity and beyond
The NFT marketplace will feature digital artworks created by the team of Axiomâs astronauts, including commander Michael LĂłpez-AlegrĂa and mission specialists Eytan Stibbe and Mark Pathy.Â
Per the announcement, artists Amit Shimoni and Michael Kagan will also lend their talents to the upcoming NFTs which will feature the astronautsâ personal experiences and various inspirational messages such as unity, peace, hope, pushing oneâs limits, and so on. Axiom added:
âIn addition to the crew membersâ personal art, famed artist Michael Kagan, known for his paintings and sculptures of iconic images of space exploration, has created exclusive pieces to commemorate the Ax-1 mission, including an augmented reality 3D spacewalker.â
After the initial NFT drop dedicated to the Ax-1 mission today, Axiom will be releasing new artworks âover the coming daysâ as âadditional collections will be available throughout the mission and during splashdown when the Ax-1 crew return to Earth.â Crypto and space enthusiasts around the world will be able to buy the new NFTs for cryptocurrencies as well as traditional fiat money.
Blockchained space
Notably, since both space exploration and blockchain technologies share the same spirit of exploration, their paths kept crossing over the past years. On March 9, for example, Copernic Space teamed up with AdShares to facilitate a retail market for âthe first-ever sale of tokenized space payload.â
Prior to that, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk fancied running a Dogecoin node in space and enabled payments in the canine-themed crypto for a commercial payload to the moon on its Falcon 9 rocket.Â
Not to mention blockchain technology company Blockstream whose satellite first allowed users to download a full Bitcoin node without an active Internet connection back on May 7, 2020.
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