Unleashing the Next Generation of Space Destinations

Voyager, leader of the Starlab Space Joint Venture, has been awarded $217+ million through a Space Act Agreement (SAA) with NASA. Part of NASA’s Commercial Destinations Free Flyer program, our mission is to maintain continued human presence and American leadership in low Earth orbit (LEO).

With over 35 years of spaceflight heritage, customers in 36+ countries, and over 2,000 successful missions, Voyager is  a proven leader in space commercialization. No one has more experience that Voyager when it comes to commercial space station utilization.

Airbus, founding partner in Starlab Space LLC and the largest aeronautics and space company in Europe, is a pioneer in sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world.

For decades, Airbus has been at the heart of space exploration, with proven manufacturing capabilities, flight heritage, technology development, and innovation specifically for the Human Spaceflight domain (ISS Columbus Module, Automated Transfer Vehicle, Life Support Systems, Bartolomeo, and the European Service Module for NASA’s Artemis Orion spacecraft).

Airbus is currently providing technical design and engineering services for the Starlab space station and working with the Starlab team to set up a European subsidiary dedicated to serving European customers.

Mitsubishi Corporation joined Starlab as a strategic partner and equity owner in April 2024. Mitsubishi Corporation, renowned for its innovative endeavors across diverse industries, brings extensive expertise and resources to this global partnership.

Mitsubishi Corporation is leveraging its capabilities to significantly increase the value of Starlab, using space research to enhance and accelerate terrestrial product development in multiple industries and expand access to space-based technologies globally. This partnership is expected to expand access for the Japanese space economy and industrial base into the LEO marketplace

MDA Space joined Starlab as a strategic partner and equity owner in May 2024. MDA Space is a global leader in space and human-rated robotics, pioneering groundbreaking technologies that have shaped and set the standard for the space robotics industry.

MDA Space is the developer of the Canadarm family of robotics that have provided mission critical support to astronauts and mission operators on the International Space Station for more than two decades. For Starlab, MDA Space will provide the full range of external robotics, robotics interfaces and robotic mission operations to the station, including its recently launched full suite of scalable and modular robotics solutions, MDA SKYMAKER^TM, which can be tailored to support a diverse range of missions.

The addition of MDA Space to the team expands the joint venture’s reach into Canada.

Starlab welcomed Palantir Technologies as a strategic partner in June 2024.

Leveraging Palantir’s technology, Starlab will drive real-time, decisive intelligence and decision making both on Earth and in space.

Palantir is the exclusive supplier of enterprise-wide software data management solutions for the Starlab space station. Starlab will leverage Palantir’s data modeling through digital twins and AI technologies to enhance space station operations. The digital twin will optimize resource allocation, mission planning, and overall system performance.

When you’re traveling to outer space, it matters where you stay.

Hilton’s world-renowned hospitality team is partnering with Starlab in the areas of architecture and design, leveraging Hilton’s world-class creative design and innovation experts to develop space hospitality crew headquarters aboard Starlab, including communal areas, hospitality suites, and sleeping arrangements for astronauts.

Together, Starlab and Hilton are also exploring the ground-to-space astronaut experience, global co-marketing, and tourism opportunities.

We are teaming with Northrop Grumman to develop fully autonomous rendezvous and docking technology for Northrop’s Cygnus spacecraft and provide cargo resupply services for Starlab. Cygnus will deliver cargo to Starlab over an initial 5-year period.

The Ohio State University’s Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering division is leading university business development efforts and driving academic and agricultural technology (AgTech) business towards Starlab.