Voyager Space announced that it has chosen Elon Musk’s aerospace startup SpaceX to deliver the StarLab space station to Earth’s low Earth orbit (LEO). StarLab will replace the International Space Station (ISS) after it is decommissioned. Information officially revealed Web site Voyager Space.
The mission date has not yet been announced, but it is known that StarLab is planned to be launched before 2030, the approximate completion date of the ISS.
Voyager Space and SpaceX plan to launch StarLab to LEO in just a single flight using the Starship spacecraft.
“SpaceX’s track record of success and reliability led our team to choose Starship to launch StarLab into orbit,” said Voyager Space CEO Dylan Taylor.
According to the project, StarLab’s crew will consist of four people, and the size of its module will be twice that of the ISS, and its width will reach eight meters. I plan to conduct microgravity experiments and other advanced scientific research at the orbital station.
steel before known Timing of the launch of modules for the Russian space station.