Tag: Voyager Space
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ESA Seeks Proposals for Studies on European-Led Modular Space Station in Low Earth Orbit
The European Space Agency (ESA) has issued a call for tenders to conduct studies exploring the feasibility of a European-led, modular space station in low Earth orbit as the International Space Station approaches retirement. NASA announced in January 2022 that the ISS is expected to be decommissioned and deorbited in the first quarter of 2031…
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Starlab Space Partners with Palantir Technologies for AI-driven Space Station Operations
Starlab Space, a joint venture involving Voyager Space and Airbus Defence and Space, has announced a strategic partnership with Palantir Technologies aimed at enhancing operational efficiency through artificial intelligence (AI) on its future commercial space station. The collaboration, revealed on June 20 without disclosing financial terms, marks a significant move for Starlab, similar to its…
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Starlab Space Partners with Palantir Technologies for AI-driven Space Station Operations
Starlab Space, a joint venture involving Voyager Space and Airbus Defence and Space, has announced a strategic partnership with Palantir Technologies aimed at enhancing operational efficiency through artificial intelligence (AI) on its future commercial space station. The collaboration, revealed on June 20 without disclosing financial terms, marks a significant move for Starlab, similar to its…
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MDA Space Joins Starlab Space Venture, Expanding Commercial Space Station Efforts
Canadian company MDA Space has joined the Starlab Space joint venture, enhancing the project’s capabilities for developing a commercial space station. MDA Space will contribute its expertise in space robotics to the partnership, which already includes Voyager Space, Airbus Defence and Space, and Mitsubishi Corp. MDA Space’s involvement in Starlab Space includes taking an equity…
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Northrop Grumman leaves behind solo commercial space station venture, partners with Nanoracks on ‘Starlab’
A rendering of the Nanoracks/Voyager Space commercial space station orbiting the Earth. Image: Nanoracks About a year and a half after signing a Space Act Agreement with NASA to develop a commercial space station, Northrop Grumman formally withdrew from its solo plans in order to partner with Nanoracks, a subsidiary of Voyager Space. Under this…
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Trans-Atlantic joint venture aims to build new “international” space station
Voyager Space, one of several US companies formulating concepts for new commercial space stations, has established a joint venture with Airbus to co-develop an Earth-orbiting research outpost called Starlab. The companies announced the joint venture Wednesday, saying they plan to field a successor to the International Space Station. “The US-led joint venture will bring together…