Swedish astronaut to fly to ISS on Axiom mission

DENVER — A Swedish astronaut may fly to the International Space Station on a commercial mission within the next year under an agreement signed this week.

The letter of intent, signed by the Swedish National Space Agency, European Space Agency and Axiom Space, would allow an ESA astronaut, most likely from Sweden, to go to the station on an Axiom commercial mission lasting about 10 days.

Under the three-way agreement, the Swedish National Space Agency would negotiate directly with Axiom for the flight on a future private astronaut mission. ESA would be the “crew…