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#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)

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Starlab partners unveil full-scale mockup of commercial space station

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#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. …

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#Yuri, a German space 🌌 #biotech company, has reserved an unspecified amount of payload space on #Starlab for the station’s first full year of commercial operations.

Starlab Space selected SpaceX’s #Starship to launch the station. It said it has a launch contract priced at $90 million to send Starlab to orbit https://spacenews.com/starlab-space-fully-books-commercial-payload-space-on-planned-space-station/

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Starlab Space fully books commercial payload space on planned space station

The Starlab commercial space station has fully booked its commercial payload space as it awaits the next phase of a NASA program.

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