Voyager space, a company developing a private space station, has raised $80.2 million in new capital. The new funding comes as Voyager continues to develop the station, Starlab, which is undoubtedly a hugely capital-intensive endeavor.
The funding includes participation from NewSpace Capital, Midway Venture Partners and Industrious Ventures, according to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission registrations and other documents viewed by londonbusinessblog.com. Seraphim Space also participated, londonbusinessblog.com has confirmed. The funding was filed with the SEC on Jan. 27.
In October 2021, Voyager announced that it was developing ‘Starlab’, a wholly private space station, in partnership with Nanoracks (of which Voyager has a majority stake) and Lockheed Martin. The project, which isn’t the only private station currently under development, is in part a response to the approaching retirement of the International Space Station towards the end of the decade.
NASA has already provided much of the funding to Voyager, as well as two separate projects led by Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman. Starlab received $160 million to advance its plans under the agency’s Commercial Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Destinations program. In a recent report, NASA’s Office of Inspector General said a habitable station in LEO was vital to conducting research needed to support human exploration missions to the Moon and Mars.
londonbusinessblog.com has reached out to Voyager Space for comment and will update the story if they respond.