Starlab will launch its entire space station on a single Starship rocket

Starlab Space, a joint venture between Airbus and Voyager Space, has announced the selection of SpaceX to launch the Starlab commercial space station into low Earth orbit.

The launch will be carried out in a single mission aboard the Stasrhip rocket, currently undergoing launch tests, before the decommissioning of the International Space Station, scheduled for around 2030.

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“As a continuously crewed, free-flying space station, Starlab will serve a global customer base of space agencies, researchers and companies, ensuring a continued human presence in low orbit and a transition of microgravity research from the International Space Station. to the new commercial space station,” Starlab Space reported in a statement.

Starlab will launch in a single flight, be fully equipped on the ground and ready to permanently house four crew members to conduct microgravity research and advanced scientific discoveries.

“Starlab’s single launch solution continues to demonstrate not only what is possible, but also how the future of commercial space is happening now,” Tom Ochinero, senior vice president of commercial business at SpaceX, said in the same statement.

Source: Elcomercio

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