SpaceX’s Starship Selected to Launch Starlab Space Station
The free-flying commercial space station will permanently host four crewmembers and is scheduled to launch before the International Space Station's decommissioning.
Starlab planners say the commercial space station will serve a global customer base of space agencies, researchers, and companies, ensuring a continued human presence in low-Earth orbit. [Courtesy: Starlab]
Key Takeaways:
SpaceX's Starship rocket has been selected to launch Starlab, the commercial space station venture between Voyager Space and Airbus.
Starship, the world's largest and most powerful rocket, was chosen for its reliability and capability to launch the entire Starlab station in a single mission.
Starlab is scheduled to launch before the International Space Station's (ISS) decommissioning by 2030, heralding a transition to commercially owned and operated low-Earth orbit (LEO) destinations.
SpaceX’s Starship rocket has been selected to launch Starlab, the commercial space station venture between Voyager Space and Airbus.
Standing nearly 400 feet tall, Starship is the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, with two reusable components, the Super Heavy Booster and Starship spacecraft.
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