Space exploration leader partners with government agencies to improve access to space and expand commercial opportunities in each country
PARIS, September 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Voyager space, a global leader in space exploration, and its operating company, Nanoracks, announced today at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) that the company has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with the Colombian space agency, the El Salvador Aerospace Institute and the Mexican Space Agency, the Guatemalan Space Science and Technology Association and the Costa Rican startup Orbital Space Technologies. Nanoracks and Voyager have signed an individual memorandum of understanding with each agency with the intention of opening access to space and promoting commercial space opportunities in their respective countries.
“This is a momentous occasion, not only for our teams at Voyager and Nanoracks, but also for the growing space economy of each of these countries,” he said Jeffrey Manber, President of International and Space Stations on Voyager. “We look forward to working closely with the space agencies in Colombia, ElSalvador, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Ricaand potentially other countries in the region to support their current space initiatives and work together to make future commercial space platforms accessible.
“This is an important initiative to ensure that the doors are open to emerging space nations on the road to commercial space stations,” he says David March, Vice President of Strategy at Nanoracks. “Nanoracks has been focused on making space accessible since day one, and we are proud to carry the legacy from the International Space Station to Starlab. We can’t wait to get started with our friends from work Latin America Region.”
Colombian Space Agency
This agreement outlines support for projects and plans for the further development of space activities in Colombia as well as participation in Starlab and George Washington Carver Science…
