#Starlab veröffentlichte sein sechstes #Stimmungsbarometer der Laborbranche. Die Ergebnisse fasst Mario Rembold im Laborjournalartikel zusammen: https://www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3458.php
#Laborjournal #LifeSci #Labor #Arbeitsbedingungen
Starlab Space fully books commercial payload space on planned space station
Space Force keeps door open to future human presence in orbit
Business 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.
Mike
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/09/business-is-looking-up-for-space-station-designers/
#GeekWire #Design #OrbitalReef #Space #SpaceStations #Starlab #Teague
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


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. …