SpaceX Dragon “Freedom” carrying the two-man Crew 9 team docked to the International Space Station on Sunday.  SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is once again grounded pending investigation after it experienced an off-nominal deorbit burn.  A new report on NASA’s Management of Risks to Sustaining ISS Operations through 2030 has shared that the leak rate on the orbiting lab is getting worse, and more.

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Selected Reading

SpaceX Dragon with Crew-9 Aboard Docks to Station

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1840245345118498987

NASA’s Management of Risks to Sustaining ISS Operations through 2030

China launches first reusable, returnable test satellite - CGTN

China-Europe SMILE satellite completes development - CGTN

ESA awards Deimos million€€ contract for space sustainability mission “DRACO” – SatNews

Anduril lands $25 million contract to upgrade aging space surveillance network - SpaceNews

Commerce Department’s New Traffic Coordination System for Space Launches Initial Capabilities 

Request for Information (RFI): Apophis 2029 Innovation (A29I) Using the Janus Spacecraft (A29I-Janus)

KKR completes acquisition of geospatial software business IQGeo

Lego Ideas submissions Lunar Landscape, Space Projection Telescope and Voyager 1's Pale Blue Dot need to be made into real sets

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