“NASA advised that Vast’s submission in some locations substituted ‘the PAM Provider’ for Axiom”

In this long exposure shot, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars upward after lifting off from NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida on May 21, 2023, for the Axiom Mission 2 to the International Space Station.

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NASA/Cory S Huston

In this long exposure shot, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars upward after lifting off from NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida on May 21, 2023, for the Axiom Mission 2 to the International Space Station.

Credit:

NASA/Cory S Huston

NASA’s competition for the development of private space stations that will take flight in the 2030s is already nearing crunch time. But a recently unsealed lawsuit may spice things up even further.

The lawsuit involves two of the most prominent companies in this competition, Houston-based Axiom Space and Long Beach, California-based Vast Space.…