preliminary design of Starlab crew systems
Project duration: ongoing
Project start: September 2024
Client: Airbus Defence & Space, Germany
Consortium: LIQUIFER Space Systems
Task: support Airbus with the development of crew system
A new ecosystem for space cooperation
“When the International Space Station (ISS) comes to the end of its lifetime around 2030, Airbus and its partners aim to have its successor, Starlab, up-and-running. This next generation space station is designed to ensure a continued human presence in low Earth orbit and will enable a seamless transition of microgravity science and research from the ISS into the era of new commercial space stations.
Starlab will have the capacity to conduct over 400 experiments or technical investigations per year, serving a global customer base of space agencies, researchers, and large and small companies. It will be the foundation for continued international cooperation in space – accelerating a viable space ecosystem 400 km above the Earth.”
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