NASA Awards Seventh Private Astronaut Mission to Voyager
Excursion to ISS will Launch no Earlier than 2028
NASA has tapped Voyager Technologies for the seventh private astronaut mission to travel to the International Space Station. The mission, called VOYG-1, supports NASA’s strategy to transition low-Earth orbit operations to the private sector, establishing a sustainable framework where commercial partners deliver safe, reliable and cost-effective human spaceflight services that extend the agency’s legacy of exploration.
“This award reflects decades of partnership with NASA and validates our belief that the infrastructure being built in low-Earth orbit today is the launchpad for humanity’s future in deep space.”
Dylan Taylor, Voyager
This mission is the next evolution of Voyager’s human spaceflight portfolio, serving as the bridge to commercial space stations and future deep-space platforms. It stress-tests and refines the life-support technologies, crew operations protocols and integrated systems architectures that lunar surface missions will require.
“This award reflects decades of partnership with NASA and validates our belief that the infrastructure being built in low-Earth orbit today is the launchpad for humanity’s future in deep space,” said Dylan Taylor, Chairman & CEO, Voyager. “From the International Space Station’s first commercial airlock to the seventh private astronaut mission, Voyager is committed to making American human spaceflight stronger, more capable, and more sustainable at every step of the journey.”
The mission also reinforces the momentum behind Voyager’s broader strategic lunar initiative and its multi-million-dollar investment in Max Space, whose expandable habitat technology launches compactly and deploys to up to 20 times its stowed volume at its destination. That architecture – designed to maximize livable volume, reduce surface deployment costs and support long-duration habitation – addresses a central infrastructure challenge of sustained lunar presence.
Crewed mission execution experience built on the International Space Station, next-generation expandable habitats and commercial station development represent Voyager’s position that the moon is an operational domain, not a temporary destination. The company unites proven International Space Station mission management heritage and Starlab commercial station development with private astronaut flight execution into one seamless capability to support NASA and future commercial customers to manage complex, crewed, long-duration missions.