Trans-Atlantic joint venture aims to build new ‘international’ space station

Enlarge / Artist’s illustration of the planned Starlab space station.Voyager Space

Voyager Space, one of several US companies formulating concepts for new commercial space stations, has established a joint venture with Airbus to co-develop an Earth-orbiting research outpost called Starlab.

The companies announced the joint venture Wednesday, saying they plan to field a successor to the International Space Station. “The US-led joint venture will bring together world-class leaders in the space domain, while further uniting American and European interests in space exploration,” the two companies said in a joint statement.

Voyager has been managing the development of a privately-owned space

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