"NASA Boosts Investment in Blue Origin and Voyager's Space Station Projects"
NASA has increased funding for Blue Origin and Voyager Space by a combined $99.5 million to further develop their commercial space station projects, Orbital Reef and Starlab, respectively. This additional funding is part of NASA's Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations program, aiming to ensure the availability of commercial space stations before the planned retirement of the ISS in 2030. The funds were reallocated from a discontinued agreement with Northrop Grumman, who will now collaborate with Voyager Space on Starlab. NASA's investment is a strategic move to maintain continuous human presence in low Earth orbit through commercial partnerships.