Axiom crews to use custom Fisher space pens on private missions

When former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson lifts off on her first commercial space mission, she will have a familiar tool along with her.

Fisher Space Pen has partnered with Axiom Space, the Houston-based space services company that Whitson now flies for, such that she and her crewmates on the upcoming Ax-2 mission will be the first to use Axiom-branded Fisher space pens. Whitson used NASA-issued Fisher space pens on her three previous flights to the International Space Station.

“I am excited about the idea that we’re continuing the legacy of taking Fisher pens to space,” said Peggy Whitson…