T+291: Axiom Updates Station Plans, Firefly Wins Another CLPS Mission
Description
Axiom Space announced changes to their station build out plan, bringing free-flying capability forward in their timeline and switching to a berthing port at the ISS to avoid the US Deorbit Vehicle. Firefly won another CLPS task order, this time for a lander with a rover, and for quite a bit more money than the last few.
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Topics
- Axiom Space revises space station assembly plans - SpaceNews
- Axiom Space Accelerates Axiom Station Assembly
- Axiom Station — Axiom Space
- More NASA Science, Tech will Fly to Moon Aboard Future Firefly Flight - NASA
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