This cutaway view shows the interior of the Starlab space station’s laboratory. (Starlab Illustration) How do you design a living space where there’s no up or down? That’s one of the challenges facing ...

Russia has quietly taken a bold step toward solving one of spaceflight’s oldest problems by patenting a space station design that could generate its own gravity-like pull. The concept, which arrives ...

According to the patent, habitable modules would rotate around a central axis to simulate gravity for crew by producing an outward-pushing centrifugal force. When you purchase through links on our ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is due to close down by 2030, and Russia, one of its main partners, is designing its own replacement orbital laboratory. After a decade of planning to place its ...

Commercial space stations are rapidly moving from concept to reality. As NASA prepares for the International Space Station’s retirement around 2030, a burgeoning private orbital industry could step ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Would you like to design a module for the International Space Station, or a future space station? See how you ...

HOUSTON—Starlab Space LLC and Journey, a global design and innovation venture, have announced a strategic partnership to advance development of Starlab’s commercial space station being developed under ...

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, ...