https://spacewatch.global/tag/starlab/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:17:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/starlab/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/04/space-symposium-2026-morning-show-13th-april-urgency-collaboration-declassification/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=72973 Torsten Kriening and Yvette Gonzalez bring you the opening day of the 41st Space Symposium with insights from the Congressional Roundtable and exclusive interviews that set the tone for the week ahead.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/02/starlab-space-completes-nasas-commercial-critical-design-review-of-its-starlab-orbital-laboratory/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=71471 Starlab Space LLC has successfully completed its Commercial Critical Design Review with NASA in attendance, marking a decisive transition from design to manufacturing and systems integration of its prospective orbiting space station, Starlab. The CCDR data supports the 28th milestone on the NASA Commercial LEO Destinations Space Act Agreement, confirming that Starlab’s architecture, safety approach and performance requirements are technically mature, integrated and executable.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/01/seven-grand-asset-management-firm-announces-strategic-investment-in-starlab-space/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70217 Starlab Space LLC has announced Seven Grand Managers, LLC, an asset management firm's investment in Starlab, reflecting a growing confidence in Starlab as the next-generation commercial space station and a cornerstone of the post-ISS low-Earth orbit economy. With more than $1 billion assets under management, Seven Grand’s investment adds to a broadening base of institutional capital backing Starlab and underscores investor conviction that commercial space infrastructure has reached a new stage of maturity]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/01/voyager-space-appoints-smith-as-cto-and-board-member/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 07:00:32 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53343 Voyager Space (Voyager) has announced the appointment of Marshall Smith as the company's Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and as a member of Starlab Space's Board of Directors. Smith, who previously served as Voyager Space's Vice President of Exploration, will lead the technical strategy for Voyager's enterprise and guide the Starlab team through the design, development, and operations of the commercial space station.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/01/voyager-and-airbus-finalize-starlab-space-llc-joint-venture/ Thu, 11 Jan 2024 07:00:35 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53156 Voyager Space and Airbus have completed the transaction to create Starlab Space LLC, a transatlantic joint venture that will design, build, and operate the Starlab commercial space station. Alongside the joint venture execution, the Starlab team completed the station-level System Definition Review (SDR), a critical milestone assessing the technical and programmatic accountability of the program.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/01/nasa-modifies-contracts-with-blue-origin-and-nanoracks/ Mon, 08 Jan 2024 07:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53097 NASA has modified agreements for two funded commercial space station partners that are on track to develop low Earth orbit destinations for NASA and other customers as the International Space Station retires in 2030. The changes add new technical milestones and reallocate existing funding to allow the agency to accelerate efforts as part of NASA’s goal to foster a commercial low-Earth orbit economy.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/10/northrop-grumman-and-voyager-space-team-up-for-starlab-space-station/ Fri, 06 Oct 2023 06:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=51549 Voyager Space announced on the 4th of October that they plan to enter a teaming agreement with Northrop Grumman. The agreement will include developing a fully autonomous rendezvous and docking technology for Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft. Voyager will provide cargo resupply services for the Starlab space station, which will be built and operated under a transatlantic joint venture between Voyager and Airbus Defence and Space. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/08/voyager-space-and-airbus-announce-joint-venture-to-build-starlab/ Thu, 03 Aug 2023 06:00:55 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50339 Voyager Space and Airbus Defence and Space announced on the 2nd of August a new agreement to pave the way to develop, build, and operate Starlab, a commercial space station planned to succeed the International Space Station. The US-led joint venture will bring together world-class leaders in the space domain, while further uniting American and European interests in space exploration. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/03/voyager-space-acquires-zin-technologies/ Wed, 15 Mar 2023 07:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=47215 Voyager Space, an American space technology company announced on the 13th of March the acquisition of ZIN technologies Inc. (ZIN), an engineering, design and integration company providing human-related spaceflight systems and monitoring solutions. This acquisition is part of Voyager Space’s expansion of space infrastructure and technology capabilities to further its Starlab development efforts. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/01/spacewatchgl-opinion-space-stations-the-private-gold-rush/ Fri, 27 Jan 2023 09:00:41 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46216 The coming of the end of the ISS era brings forward a series of fundamental questions: what will happen after the ISS is discontinued? Is a new epoch of privately-owned, low orbit on the rise?]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/01/voyager-space-and-airbus-enter-international-partnership-to-develop-starlab-space-station/ Thu, 05 Jan 2023 07:00:14 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=45823 Space technology company, Voyager Space, and advanced aerospace and defence solutions provider, Airbus Defence and Space, entered into a partnership to develop and operate Starlab space station. The station will serve NASA as well as a global customer base of space agencies and researchers, Voyager said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/12/nasa-awards-415m-to-private-iss-successors/ Mon, 06 Dec 2021 07:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=37733&preview=true&preview_id=37733 NASA has awarded a $415.6 million to three U.S. companies to design commercial space stations, the U.S. agency said last week. The companies that received awards are Blue Origin ($130 million), Nanoracks ($160 million) and Northrop Grumman ($125.6 million).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/11/nanoracks-appoints-amela-wilson-ceo/ Fri, 12 Nov 2021 07:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=37167&preview=true&preview_id=37167 Nanoracks, the space travel affiliate of the Voyager Space Company group, appointed Amela Wilson as new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The former CEO and co-founder Jeffrey Manber will join Voyager Space as President of International and Space Stations and remain Chairman of the Board at Nanoracks, the company said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/11/over-6500-attend-iac-2021-in-dubai/ Mon, 01 Nov 2021 07:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=36861 The 72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2021), organised by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), held in the Middle East for the first time and hosted by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC) ended on Friday. Over 6,500 delegates from more than 110 countries attended the “Inspire, Innovate & Discover for the Benefit of Mankind” themed event.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/10/nanoracks-voyager-space-and-lockheed-martin-launch-starlab/ Fri, 22 Oct 2021 06:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=36659&preview=true&preview_id=36659 Nanoracks, Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin want to develop the “first-ever free-flying commercial space station”, Starlab, the companies said. The space station will be a continuously crewed commercial platform, dedicated to conducting critical research, fostering industrial activity, and ensuring continued U.S. presence and leadership in low-Earth orbit (LEO), the partners said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/portugal-to-establish-azores-spaceport-create-oceanography-starlab-with-china/ Thu, 08 Nov 2018 06:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11184 Portugal is about to make a big splash in the space sector with parallel announcements covering a major cooperative programme with China, and a proposed space launch complex in the Azores islands in the mid-Atlantic ocean involving European, Russian, and U.S. company bids to build it.]]>