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These 10 Houston companies rank among best U.S. employers for young professionals

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Ten businesses in the Greater Houston area are clocking in among the country’s best employers for millennials, according to a new report.

The Best Workplaces for Millennials list is published annually by Fortune magazine and compiled by Great Place to Work, a company that focuses on improving workplace culture.

Looking at the 10 Houston-area employers, mega developer David Weekley homes takes the top spot. The company appears at No. 12 on the list of large employers.

“It’s an honor to once again be recognized as a top company for working millennials,” said Robert Hefner, David Weekly vice president of human resources, in a statement. “We are very proud to offer a rewarding workplace culture as well as competitive benefits and amazing perks to draw this group of young talent to our award-winning team.”

In that survey, 97 percent of staffers called David Weekley Homes a great place to work. The home builder previously ranked at number 26 on the 2020 list.

Joining David Weekly on the list are these large, mid-size, and small Houston-area companies:

Large employers:

Camden Property Trust, No. 32
Hilcorp, No. 37
Cornerstone Home Lending, No. 38
Transwestern, No. 65
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, No. 95

Small and midsized employers:

Continued, No. 33
Venterra Realty, No. 49
Republic State Mortgage, No. 90
E.A.G. Services, No. 91

Here’s how employers in Texas’ other major metro areas fared.

Dallas

Plano-based Granite: No. 6
Addison-based Credera, No. 36
Dallas-based Pariveda Solutions, No. 76
Dallas-based Embark, No. 97
Dallas-based PrimeLending lands at No. 29
Dallas-based Ryan LLC at No. 35.

Austin

Large employers:

Round Rock-based Dell Technologies, No. 75

Small and midsized employers:

Austin-based OJO Labs, No. 51
Austin-based SailPoint, No. 60
Austin-based Sedera Health, No. 69
Austin-based The Zebra, No. 86

San Antonio

Large employers:

San Antonio-based NuStar Energy, No. 91
San Antonio-based USAA, No. 98

“The Best Workplaces for Millennials treat their employees like people, not just employees,” says Michael Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work. “These companies foster caring and respect for one another, at every level of the organization. The result is millennial employees who say they look forward to coming to work and — as our research says — are 50 times more likely to stay a long time.”

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Houston company wins NASA contract for fifth private mission to ISS

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Axiom will send another mission to the International Space Station.

Axiom Space, a Houston-based space infrastructure company that’s developing the first commercial space station, has forged a deal with NASA to carry out the fifth civilian-staffed mission to the International Space Station.

Axiom Mission 5 is scheduled to launch in January 2027, at the earliest, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew of non-government astronauts is expected to spend up to 14 days docked at the International Space Station (ISS). Various science and research activities will take place during the mission.

The crew for the upcoming mission hasn’t been announced. Previous Axiom missions were commanded by retired NASA astronauts Michael López-Alegría, the company’s chief astronaut, and Peggy Whitson, the company’s vice president of human spaceflight.

“All four previous [Axiom] missions have expanded the global community of space explorers, diversifying scientific investigations in microgravity, and providing significant insight that is benefiting the development of our next-generation space station, Axiom Station,” Jonathan Cirtain, president and CEO of Axiom, said in a news release.

As part of Axiom’s new contract with NASA, Voyager Technologies will provide payload services for Axiom’s fifth mission. Voyager, a defense, national security, and space technology company, recently announced a four-year, $24.5 million contract with NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to provide mission management services for the ISS.

On February 12, Axiom also announced on that it has secured $350 million in a financing round led by Type One Ventures and Qatar Investment Authority.

The company shared in a news release that the funding will support the continued development of its commercial space station, known as Axiom Station, and the production of its Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) under its NASA spacesuit contract.

NASA awarded Axiom a contract in January 2020 to create Axiom Station. The project is currently underway.

"Axiom Space isn’t just building hardware, it’s building the backbone of humanity’s next era in orbit," Tarek Waked, Founding General Partner at Type One Ventures, said in a news release. "Their rare combination of execution, government trust, and global partnerships positions them as the clear successor-architect for life after the ISS. This is how the United States continues to lead in space.”

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