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Business is looking up for space station designers
How do you design a living space where there’s no up or down? That’s one of the challenges facing Teague, a Seattle-based design and innovation firm that advises space companies such as Blue Origin, Axiom Space and Voyager Technologies on how to lay out their orbital outposts.

Mike
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/09/business-is-looking-up-for-space-station-designers/
#GeekWire #Design #OrbitalReef #Space #SpaceStations #Starlab #Teague

Business is looking up for space station designers
How do you design a living space where there’s no up or down? That’s one of the challenges facing Teague, a Seattle-based design and innovation firm that advises space companies such as Blue Origin, Axiom Space and Voyager Technologies on how to lay out their orbital outposts.

Mike
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/09/business-is-looking-up-for-space-station-designers/
#GeekWire #Design #OrbitalReef #Space #SpaceStations #Starlab #Teague

Seattle-based #Teague started out designing Texaco service stations - but now it's helping its partners create the look and feel of commercial space stations including #Starlab and #OrbitalReef. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/design-space-station-teague/ #Space #Design

Seattle-based #Teague started out designing Texaco service stations - but now it's helping its partners create the look and feel of commercial space stations including #Starlab and #OrbitalReef. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/design-space-station-teague/ #Space #Design

#Axiom Station is designed to look like a boutique #hotel and is expected to launch in 📆 2028. #VoyagerSpace aims to launch its version, called #Starlab, the same year, and #BlueOrigin’s #OrbitalReef #SpaceStation plans to follow in 2030.

While the cost of a stay aboard any of these outposts has not been released, expect ticket 🎫 prices in the tens of millions of dollars at first https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/12/1130030/commercial-space-stations-2026-breakthrough-technology/

#SpaceTourism

#Axiom Station is designed to look like a boutique #hotel and is expected to launch in 📆 2028. #VoyagerSpace aims to launch its version, called #Starlab, the same year, and #BlueOrigin’s #OrbitalReef #SpaceStation plans to follow in 2030.

While the cost of a stay aboard any of these outposts has not been released, expect ticket 🎫 prices in the tens of millions of dollars at first https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/12/1130030/commercial-space-stations-2026-breakthrough-technology/

#SpaceTourism

The first #LIFE module for #OrbitalReef is a three-story structure, 8 meters in diameter 📏, a massive amount of open, configurable volume. #Blue Origin is providing the #NewGlenn heavy-lift launch 🚀 capability. A realistic operational date is estimated to be post-📆 2028.

#Starlab launch date 📆 2028: if the single launch on #Starship works, they will have a complete station in orbit overnight ⏱️.

As of late 2025, #Axiom is winning the hardware race https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2025/11/14/what-is-orbital-reef

#SpaceStation

The first #LIFE module for #OrbitalReef is a three-story structure, 8 meters in diameter 📏, a massive amount of open, configurable volume. #Blue Origin is providing the #NewGlenn heavy-lift launch 🚀 capability. A realistic operational date is estimated to be post-📆 2028.

#Starlab launch date 📆 2028: if the single launch on #Starship works, they will have a complete station in orbit overnight ⏱️.

As of late 2025, #Axiom is winning the hardware race https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2025/11/14/what-is-orbital-reef

#SpaceStation

When will #SpaceTourism to orbit 🌌 or beyond be available other than to the #ISS, #Tiangong or (to stay) in a #Dragon / #Starliner capsule ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_tourism#Orbital_space_tourism

#Haven2 #Starlab #OrbitalReef #VoyagerSpace #VoyagerStation #journalism #SpaceHotel #Starship #NewGlenn #Gaganyaan #HumanSpaceflight

When will #SpaceTourism to orbit 🌌 or beyond be available other than to the #ISS, #Tiangong or (to stay) in a #Dragon / #Starliner capsule ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_tourism#Orbital_space_tourism

#Haven2 #Starlab #OrbitalReef #VoyagerSpace #VoyagerStation #journalism #SpaceHotel #Starship #NewGlenn #Gaganyaan #HumanSpaceflight

• #Vast plans to send the 45 m3 #Haven1 to orbit in 📆 2026, the 55 m3 #Haven2 in 📆 2028
• #AxiomSpace plans to launch its first module to the #ISS in 📆 2027, later joined by two 11 x 4.2 meter (145 m3) habitable modules
• #Airbus and #VoyagerSpace plan to launch the 450 m3 #Starlab 📆 2028
• #SierraSpace and #BlueOrigin start operating the 830 m3 #OrbitalReef by the end of the decade

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/private-space-stations-of-the-future-promise-luxury-but-can-they-deliver/

#SpaceStation

• #Vast plans to send the 45 m3 #Haven1 to orbit in 📆 2026, the 55 m3 #Haven2 in 📆 2028
• #AxiomSpace plans to launch its first module to the #ISS in 📆 2027, later joined by two 11 x 4.2 meter (145 m3) habitable modules
• #Airbus and #VoyagerSpace plan to launch the 450 m3 #Starlab 📆 2028
• #SierraSpace and #BlueOrigin start operating the 830 m3 #OrbitalReef by the end of the decade

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/private-space-stations-of-the-future-promise-luxury-but-can-they-deliver/

#SpaceStation

• #AxiomStation is believed to have been downsized to two modules from the originally planned four.
• The #VAST #Haven-2’s first module is scheduled to launch in 📆 2028
• #OrbitalReef is designed with 830 cubic meters of internal volume, 90 percent of the internal volume on the #ISS
• #Starlab launch is scheduled for 📆 2028
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/10/commercial-space-stations/

• #AxiomStation is believed to have been downsized to two modules from the originally planned four.
• The #VAST #Haven-2’s first module is scheduled to launch in 📆 2028
• #OrbitalReef is designed with 830 cubic meters of internal volume, 90 percent of the internal volume on the #ISS
• #Starlab launch is scheduled for 📆 2028
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/10/commercial-space-stations/

Commercial industry gears up for ISS replacement around 2030 amid concerns https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/10/commercial-space-stations/ #orbitalreef #commercial #featured #starlab #axiom #other #vast #iss

NASAがBlue Originの軌道リーフ生命維持システムの進捗状況を確認
https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/commercial-space/nasa-sees-progress-on-blue-origins-orbital-reef-life-support-system/

NASAの商業宇宙ステーション「Orbital Reef」が、重要な生命維持システムのテストを完了。NASAとの提携により、商業ステーションの開発を進め、低軌道に持続的な人類の存在を確保。

宇宙環境の清浄や資源再利用技術に焦点を当てた4つのマイルストーンを達成。 #NASA #OrbitalReef #SpaceExploration

📆 14th Jan 2024 #BlueOrigin has been granted an extra $42 million 💰, in addition to its $130 million grant, to work on developing the #OrbitalReef #LEO #SpaceStation concept with the aid of several other companies, including #Amazon, #Boeing, and #SierraSpace. #VoyagerSpace has been granted an additional $57.5 million 💰 to its initial $160 million grant for designing the #Starlab orbiting complex.
#NASA's goal is to commence operations before the #ISS is phased out in 📆 2030 https://orbitaltoday.com/2024/01/14/nasa-grants-an-additional-100-to-develop-private-space-stations/

📆 14th Jan 2024 #BlueOrigin has been granted an extra $42 million 💰, in addition to its $130 million grant, to work on developing the #OrbitalReef #LEO #SpaceStation concept with the aid of several other companies, including #Amazon, #Boeing, and #SierraSpace. #VoyagerSpace has been granted an additional $57.5 million 💰 to its initial $160 million grant for designing the #Starlab orbiting complex.
#NASA's goal is to commence operations before the #ISS is phased out in 📆 2030 https://orbitaltoday.com/2024/01/14/nasa-grants-an-additional-100-to-develop-private-space-stations/

#BlueOrigin's #OrbitalReef would consist of three modules. Each module would be bigger than those on the #ISS. Combined, they would provide 830 cubic meters of habitable space. That’s equivalent to the volume of a #Boeing 777 cargo plane ✈️, or 91% of the total interior volume of the #ISS. The core module would be a windowed atrium measuring 10.5 m long and 5.8 m 📏 in diameter. Off to one side would be a smaller “life module,” which would serve as the crew’s 👩‍🚀 living quarters. To the other side is the #laboratory ⚗️ module.
How #BlueOrigin would #launch 🚀 its modules remains an open question. https://time.com/6163554/private-space-stations/

#SpaceStation #NewGlenn

#BlueOrigin's #OrbitalReef would consist of three modules. Each module would be bigger than those on the #ISS. Combined, they would provide 830 cubic meters of habitable space. That’s equivalent to the volume of a #Boeing 777 cargo plane ✈️, or 91% of the total interior volume of the #ISS. The core module would be a windowed atrium measuring 10.5 m long and 5.8 m 📏 in diameter. Off to one side would be a smaller “life module,” which would serve as the crew’s 👩‍🚀 living quarters. To the other side is the #laboratory ⚗️ module.
How #BlueOrigin would #launch 🚀 its modules remains an open question. https://time.com/6163554/private-space-stations/

#SpaceStation #NewGlenn

📆 Dec 01, 2023 8️⃣ #SpaceStations designed to succeed the #ISS

• #Starlab
• #OrbitalReef
• #AxiomStation
• #LunarGateway ☢️
• #VoyagerStation
• #StarshipStation
• #Haven1
• #StarMax

https://interestingengineering.com/lists/8-us-space-stations-iss

#SpaceStation

📆 Dec 01, 2023 8️⃣ #SpaceStations designed to succeed the #ISS

• #Starlab
• #OrbitalReef
• #AxiomStation
• #LunarGateway ☢️
• #VoyagerStation
• #StarshipStation
• #Haven1
• #StarMax

https://interestingengineering.com/lists/8-us-space-stations-iss

#SpaceStation

#Reuters 📆 October 2, 2023 #BlueOrigin reassigned a majority of its employees 👨‍💼👩‍🏭 working on #OrbitalReef, a commercial #SpaceStation it had planned to build with #SierraSpace https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/bezos-blue-origin-sees-split-space-station-partnership-sources-2023-10-02/

#Reuters 📆 October 2, 2023 #BlueOrigin reassigned a majority of its employees 👨‍💼👩‍🏭 working on #OrbitalReef, a commercial #SpaceStation it had planned to build with #SierraSpace https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/bezos-blue-origin-sees-split-space-station-partnership-sources-2023-10-02/

Gizmodo: Blue Origin and Sierra Space's Space Station Collaboration Hits Turbulence https://gizmodo.com/blue-origin-and-sierra-spaces-space-station-collaborati-1850886318 #humanspaceflightprograms #reusablespacecraft #technologyinternet #humanlandingsystem #privatespaceflight #rebeccaturkington #honeybeerobotics #lockheedmartin #sierraspace #dreamchaser #orbitalreef #spaceplanes #blueorigin #astrobotic #spaceplane #spacecraft #jeffbezos #boeing #draper #nasa

@thesheetztweetz Scoop – Blue Origin and #SierraSpace are in talks over the future of the #OrbitalReef space station, #CNBC sources say.

The relationship is on rocky footing and, while the situation is fluid, the talks may lead to an end of the joint project:
( 😬wait can use #ShootingStar )
So far, NASA has paid #BlueOrigin $24 million for achieving milestones under the $130 million Space Act Agreement it won as part of the Commercial LEO Destinations project:

Gizmodo: Sierra Space Scores Record Funding, Eyes First Commercial Space Station https://gizmodo.com/sierra-space-funding-orbital-reef-space-station-japan-1850877347 #tokiomarinenichidofireinsurance #mitsubishiheavyindustries #sierranevadacorporation #sierraspacecorporation #reusablespacecraft #privatespaceflight #humanspaceflight #businessfinance #oitaprefecture #japanairlines #liftingbodies #astronautics #sierraspace #dreamchaser #orbitalreef #spaceplanes #blueorigin #spacecraft #jeffbezos

First #DreamChaser #landing 🛬 2017 https://youtu.be/fPtepeYK5hY

📆 2021#SierraNevada Corporation's #DreamChaser was chosen as one of the #spacecraft to transport 🚖 commercial #crew 👨‍🚀 👩‍🚀 to and from the #OrbitalReef #SpaceStation, along with #Boeing's #Starliner.

The United Nations Office for #OuterSpace Affairs (#UNOOSA) selected the #cargo 📦 #DreamChaser to provide #SpaceAccess to #UnitedNations member states that have no #SpaceProgram of their own. #Launch date 2024 📆
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Chaser#Crewed_version

First #DreamChaser #landing 🛬 2017 https://youtu.be/fPtepeYK5hY

📆 2021#SierraNevada Corporation's #DreamChaser was chosen as one of the #spacecraft to transport 🚖 commercial #crew 👨‍🚀 👩‍🚀 to and from the #OrbitalReef #SpaceStation, along with #Boeing's #Starliner.

The United Nations Office for #OuterSpace Affairs (#UNOOSA) selected the #cargo 📦 #DreamChaser to provide #SpaceAccess to #UnitedNations member states that have no #SpaceProgram of their own. #Launch date 2024 📆
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Chaser#Crewed_version

The #University of #California will collaborate with #SierraSpace for #research at the #OrbitalReef #SpaceStation https://www.sierraspace.com/newsroom/press-releases/sierra-space-uc-san-diego-partner-to-develop-the-first-stem-cell-research-institute-in-space

Picture : #DreamChaser

#SpaceLogistics #SpaceCompany #HumanSpaceflight #SpaceScience

The #University of #California will collaborate with #SierraSpace for #research at the #OrbitalReef #SpaceStation https://www.sierraspace.com/newsroom/press-releases/sierra-space-uc-san-diego-partner-to-develop-the-first-stem-cell-research-institute-in-space

Picture : #DreamChaser

#SpaceLogistics #SpaceCompany #HumanSpaceflight #SpaceScience

Dismantle Amazon. #OrbitalReef https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goh2x_G0ct4