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Starlab Space LLC is a planned transatlantic joint venture between Voyager Space and Airbus that is designing, building and will operate the Starlab commercial space station. Starlab will serve a global customer base of space agencies, researchers and companies, ensuring a continued human presence in low-Earth orbit and a seamless transition of microgravity science and research from the ISS into the new commercial space station era.
In August 2023, Voyager and Airbus first announced an agreement to form a transatlantic joint venture to support a continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit and a seamless transition of microgravity science and research opportunities in the post-ISS era. Starlab is also expected to have a European affiliated joint venture to directly serve the European Space Agency and its member state space agencies.