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The Indian Space Research Organization says its Pragyan rover is on the move and “All planned Rover movements have been verified.” JAXA moves the launch of its SLIM lunar lander and XRISM satellite to Saturday. The US Department of Justice has sued SpaceX alleging hiring discrimination against refugees and asylees, and more. 

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Selected Reading

Chandrayaan-3 rover rolls onto moon's surface as ecstatic India celebrates- Reuters

Exclusive: L&T, HAL vetted to bid on India rocket privatization-source- Reuters

The Launch Schedule of the X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) and the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) onboard the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 47 (H-IIA F47) [Rescheduled]- JAXA

SpaceX aiming for September launch from Boca Chica facility 

Department of Justice Sues SpaceX for Hiring Discrimination Against Refugees- Via Satellite

Launch of 4 astronauts to space station bumped to Saturday- ABC News

Russia, US agree additional US astronaut flight to ISS- Reuters

Space SPAC: Mission Control Acquisition Files for IPO - FLYING Magazine 

SpaceWERX TacRS Space Challenge 

Viasat reports second satellite malfunction in a matter of weeks- CNBC

European Union nations join ASAT testing ban- Space News

American spaceflight company, Spinlaunch, to conduct a feasibility study in Western Australia - ABC News 

Orbital Sidekick Shares First Images from Hyperspectral Satellites- Via Satellite

Tomorrow.io announces its first weather measurements from space-based radar - UPI.com 

Europe has a productivity problem. It can be solved from space- Euronews

How NASA Picked Sally Ride to Be the First American Woman in Space- Bloomberg 

Why does the US government need Elon Musk and SpaceX so badly?- QZ 

Japan’s space observatory will measure X-rays in exquisite detail- Nature

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