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 domain: space-development
 secondary_domains: []
 format: article
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+status: enrichment
 priority: medium
 tags: [commercial-stations, Axiom, ISS, module-sequencing, Falcon-9, Dragon]
+processed_by: astra
+processed_date: 2026-03-21
+extraction_model: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5"
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 ## Content
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 PRIMARY CONNECTION: [[governments are transitioning from space system builders to space service buyers which structurally advantages nimble commercial providers]]
 WHY ARCHIVED: Concrete example of government-commercial interface complexity — NASA is exercising architecture authority even as CLD Phase 2 is frozen. Evidences that the transition from builder to buyer is not clean.
 EXTRACTION HINT: The governance claim is more valuable than the timeline claim here. Extract the mechanism: NASA's ISS deorbit requirements shape commercial station architecture even in the "commercial-first" era.
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+## Key Facts
+- Axiom Space closed a $350M Series C funding round on February 12, 2026
+- Axiom was awarded a new Private Astronaut Mission (PAM) contract to ISS in February 2026
+- PPTM (Payload, Power, and Thermal Module) shipped to Houston for integration in fall 2025
+- Launch vehicle for PPTM is Falcon 9/Dragon
+- PPTM will attach to ISS Node 1 or Node 2 nadir port
+- Original plan was Hab One first; revised plan is PPTM first
+- NASA requested the resequencing to accommodate ISS deorbit vehicle docking requirements
+- Axiom Station projected to achieve ISS-independence by early 2028 with 2-module configuration
+- ISS deorbit planned for 2031, creating ~3-year dual-operation period