SpaceNewsStarlab Space fully books commercial payload space on planned space station
Space Force keeps door open to future human presence in orbit
Cosmic LogBusiness is looking up for space station designers
How do you design a living space where there’s no up or down? That’s one of the challenges facing Teague, a Seattle-based design and innovation firm that advises space companies such as Blue Origin, Axiom Space and Voyager Technologies on how to lay out their orbital outposts.
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https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/09/business-is-looking-up-for-space-station-designers/
#GeekWire #Design #OrbitalReef #Space #SpaceStations #Starlab #Teague
Alan BoyleSeattle-based #Teague started out designing Texaco service stations - but now it's helping its partners create the look and feel of commercial space stations including #Starlab and #OrbitalReef. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/design-space-station-teague/ #Space #Design
Spaceflight 🚀The companies at the forefront of the #CLD competition:
• #Vast is expecting to launch 🚀 its #Haven1 #SpaceStation in Q1 📆 2027
• #Axiom Space is planning to launch a two-module station by 📆 2028
• #Starlab, which is being built by a joint venture between #Voyager Technologies and #Airbus, is aiming to launch its station in 📆 2029
https://payloadspace.com/payload-field-guide-commercial-leo-destination/
📆 April 2026 #CLD Phase 2 awards trigger immediate hiring, facility investment, and supply chain commitments. Initial module launches 🚀 anticipated in 📆 2028-2029 for most designs. NASA requires stations to achieve operational capability before #ISS deorbit, currently planned for 2030. Companies must execute flawlessly or risk losing #NASA’s anchor tenancy to competitors who deliver operational capability 🌌 first https://www.exterrajsc.com/p/congressional-budget-victory-cements
#Axiom Station is designed to look like a boutique #hotel and is expected to launch in 📆 2028. #VoyagerSpace aims to launch its version, called #Starlab, the same year, and #BlueOrigin’s #OrbitalReef #SpaceStation plans to follow in 2030.
While the cost of a stay aboard any of these outposts has not been released, expect ticket 🎫 prices in the tens of millions of dollars at first https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/12/1130030/commercial-space-stations-2026-breakthrough-technology/
#Starlab :
11:49 What must happen between now and the 📆 2029 launch
18:51 The market for #commercial space stations
19:09 How many Starlabs could exist ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHsYokw0AVU&t=709s
Reimagining Space Stations for the Commercial Age
#Mitsubishi has reserved and pre-purchased capacity on #Starlab’s commercial #SpaceStation https://starlab-space.com/press-releases/mitsubishi-corporation-joins-starlab-as-major-space-station-customer/
Mitsubishi Corporation Joins Starlab as Major Space Station Customer
Japanese industrial leader expands partnership and reserves commercial capacity as Starlab advances toward Critical Design Review HOUSTON – January 12, 2026 – Starlab Space LLC today announced that Mitsubishi Corporation has reserved and pre-purchased capacity on Starlab's commercial space station, becoming a foundational customer while simultaneously increasing their investment in the company and joining Starlab's Board of Directors through representative Issei Shinohara. …
#Starlab’s main habitation volume includes three 2.2-meter-tall levels. Life support systems, toilets and exercise equipment are located on the first level. The next level up houses the equivalent volume of 130 middeck lockers for research and technology demonstrations. The crew 🧑🚀 quarters on the third level have two observation windows oriented toward Earth and two aimed at the horizon https://spacenews.com/starlab-partners-unveil-full-scale-mockup-of-commercial-space-station/
Launch 📆 2028, #Starship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlab_(space_station)
