North Dakota U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer holds up an agreement between Voyager Technologies and UND, along with Matt Kuta, president and co-founder of Voyager (left), and UND President Andy Armacost. Contributed photo via UND Today.
(By Joe Banish. UND Today) – When describing the University of North Dakota’s work in the domain of space, UND President Andy Armacost sometimes employs the Buzz Lightyear phrase “To infinity and beyond!” to capture the University’s seemingly limitless potential for innovation and growth.
UND furthered this momentum by signing a partnership with Voyager Technologies, a space engineering firm leading the effort to replace the aging International Space Station. Working alongside European multinational aerospace corporation Airbus and government entities including NASA and the European Space Agency, Voyager is developing a low-Earth-orbit commercial space station called Starlab.
The station is set to launch in 2029, in advance of the International Space Station’s planned decommissioning in 2030.
Attending the signing ceremony – held in the Washington office of North Dakota U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer – were Armacost, UND Vice President for Research & Economic Development Scott Snyder and Matt Kuta, president and co-founder of Voyager.
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