As the International Space Station approaches retirement, atransatlantic team is creating areplacement: Starlab.
Airbus and US startup Voyager this week announced a joint venture for the project.
Together our teams are focused on creating an unmatched space destination both technologically and as a business operation.
The US-led venture plans to produce a commercial successor tothe ISS, which is due to de-orbit in 2031.
The newspace stationwould serve bothNasaand the European Space Agency.
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Starlab is one of several projects competing to replace the ISS.
Nasa has provided funding for all three concepts.
As a condition of Nasas support, every proposal had to be commercially viable.
The space agency will now determine which of the contenders merit further backing.
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He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he enjoys playing chess (badly) and the guitar (even worse).
