The long-awaited Ariane 6 is scheduled to make its inaugural launch from Kourou, French Guiana. Gravitics has signed a $125 million contract to expand Axiom Space’s planned space station. Japan’s Space Agency is soliciting proposals as part of a new Space Strategic Fund established by the Japanese government which will offer one trillion yen ($6.2 billion) to Japanese companies to help expand the country’s space industry, and more.

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Our guest today is Dr. Brien Flewelling, Director of Strategic Program Development at ExoAnalytic Solutions.

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Selected Reading

ESA - Ariane 6 launch: how to watch and what to look out for 

Space station startup Gravitics lands $125 million order from Axiom

Astroscale’s ADRAS-J Conducts First Fly-Around Observation of Space Debris

JAXA | 宇宙戦略基金事業 技術開発課題の公募を開始

SpaceX launches Türksat 6A satellite, Turkey’s first domestically-build satellite – Spaceflight Now

China-France astronomical satellite identifies three gamma-ray bursts - CGTN

Redwire Developing Advanced Thruster Technology to Offer Reliable, High-Volume Production to Support DoD Small Satellite Supply Chain- Business Wire

Exclusive: Japan must strengthen NATO ties to safeguard global peace, PM says- Reuters

Capital Factory to Co-Host Micro Summit on Tech Innovation — and Special Announcement in the Nation’s Capital- Business Wire

NASA Moon Rocket Stage for Artemis II Moved, Prepped for Shipment

NASA, Boeing Provide Next Update on Space Station Crew Flight Test

AI vulnerabilities to space pirates: Cyberattacks in space can threaten life on Earth - Fast Company

Max Space Appoints Space Program and Operations Veteran Kirsten Whittingham as President- Business Wire

New HBO Original Documentary ‘Wild Wild Space’ Features Planet’s Origin Story and Space Industry Trajectory- Business Wire

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