Spaceflight 🚀Feb 18, 2023

📆 2023/02/16 Four 4️⃣ private #SpaceStations planned

• #AxiomSpace
• #NorthropGrumman
• #VoyagerSpace / #Nanoracks
• #SierraSpace / #BlueOrigin

"It's going to be a small percentage that #NASA is going to be funding these #SpaceStations" so each project needs "to go out and raise #capital 💰 to do this." https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/16/investing-in-space-the-space-station-kingmaker.html

Several other #SpaceNews in this article : #FAA #SpaceX #IntuitiveMachines #CASC #Roscosmos #AerojetRocketdyne #Maxar #VirginOrbit #VirginGalactic #SpaceRyde #Inmarsat #Astranis #SidusSpace #RocketLab #RelativitySpace #AllSpace #Iridium #AerojetRockdyne #JAXA #SpaceCom

Pictures : "Langley engineers check out the interior of the #inflatable 24-foot #SpaceStation in 📆 1962.", #Bigelow #SpaceStation, #CrewDragon approaches #ISS Kibo laboratory https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Langley_engineers_inside_inflatable_a_24-foot_spacestation_mock-up.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bigelow_Aerospace_facilities.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crew-2_dragon_approach.jpg

Investing in Space: The space station kingmaker

Several U.S. companies are working to build orbiting habitats to replace the aging International Space Station, with NASA key to seeding the fledgling market.

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📆 Sep. 10, 2023 The #ExplorationCompany and #AxiomSpace sign cargo 📦 services agreement in support of first #European 🇪🇺 space capsule to be sent to a commercial #SpaceStation. #Orbital #SpaceVehicle ‘Nyx’ is targeting to bring cargo up to #AxiomStation no earlier than late 2027 https://www.exploration.space/press

An initial demonstration mission was originally scheduled to fly with #Arianespace’s 🇪🇺 #Ariane 6 in the fall of this year, but due to delays ⏳, The #ExplorationCompany decided to move to the #Indian 🇮🇳 #LaunchVehicle 🚀 https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/13/the-european-company-signs-agreements-with-axiom-indian-space-research-organization

Picture : #Axiom Mission 1 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Axiom_Mission_1_approaches_the_station_inside_the_SpaceX_Dragon_Endeavour_b.jpg

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#BlueOrigin's #OrbitalReef would consist of three modules. Each module would be bigger than those on the #ISS. Combined, they would provide 830 cubic meters of habitable space. That’s equivalent to the volume of a #Boeing 777 cargo plane ✈️, or 91% of the total interior volume of the #ISS. The core module would be a windowed atrium measuring 10.5 m long and 5.8 m 📏 in diameter. Off to one side would be a smaller “life module,” which would serve as the crew’s 👩‍🚀 living quarters. To the other side is the #laboratory ⚗️ module.
How #BlueOrigin would #launch 🚀 its modules remains an open question. https://time.com/6163554/private-space-stations/

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The Age of the Private Space Station Is Upon Us

With the International Space Station (ISS) set to be retired in 2030, as many as four new private stations may take to the skies.

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Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Jan 16, 2024
📆 14th Jan 2024 #BlueOrigin has been granted an extra $42 million 💰, in addition to its $130 million grant, to work on developing the #OrbitalReef #LEO #SpaceStation concept with the aid of several other companies, including #Amazon, #Boeing, and #SierraSpace. #VoyagerSpace has been granted an additional $57.5 million 💰 to its initial $160 million grant for designing the #Starlab orbiting complex.
#NASA's goal is to commence operations before the #ISS is phased out in 📆 2030 https://orbitaltoday.com/2024/01/14/nasa-grants-an-additional-100-to-develop-private-space-stations/
Show threadAstro DadJan 16, 2024
@spaceflight Starlab looks to me like a much more realistic prospect, especially now that Northrop Grumman have backed it instead of their own venture.
Prev announcement on that: https://spacenews.com/northrop-grumman-to-join-voyager-space-commercial-space-station-project/
Northrop Grumman to join Voyager Space commercial space station project

Northrop Grumman will drop plans to develop its own commercial space station and instead assist a competing effort led by Voyager Space.

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