Max Space is a startup focused on developing low-cost, expandable space habitats for use in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), cislunar space, and on the Moon and Mars. Their inflatable designs aim to provide significantly more usable volume in space compared to traditional rigid structures, with potential applications including habitation, research, manufacturing, and even tourism. Max Space plans to launch its first module with SpaceX in 2026, with ambitions to deploy much larger habitats in the following years. Co-founded by Maxim de Jong, who designed the pressure hulls for the Genesis I and II spacecraft, Max Space aims to revolutionize space architecture with its scalable and cost-effective solutions.
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Voyager and Max Space announced a strategic partnership focused on expandable space exploration technology a month before Voyager’s investment.
Saleem Miyan is the cofounder and CEO of Max Space.
Voyager plans to provide expandable habitats from Max Space plus infrastructure, mission management, logistics, propulsion, and power systems for moon and cislunar missions.
Voyager intends to pair its integrated platform with Max Space’s expandable habitat architecture to accelerate transition from demonstration missions to durable lunar capability.
Max Space emerged from stealth in April 2024 fully focused on expandable modules.
Voyager Technologies made a multi-million-dollar strategic investment in Max Space that industry reporting characterizes as a low eight-figure investment.
Voyager Technologies plans to use the investment for internal research and development to accelerate engineering, manufacturing scale-up, and mission integration activities with Max Space.
Max Space plans a Mission Evolution flight in 2027 that will send a smaller prototype expandable habitat on a Falcon 9 rideshare mission.
Voyager Technologies made an investment in its partner Max Space valued in the low-eight figures.
Max Space and Voyager Technologies will collaborate on the design of an expandable lunar habitat.
Max Space was founded to deliver safe, scalable, and permanent human habitats at an economically viable mass for lunar exploration.
Voyager Technologies plans to release more details about the Max Space investment when it releases its fiscal year 2025 reports.
Voyager Technologies intends to pair its integrated platform with Max Space’s expandable habitat architecture to accelerate the transition from demonstration missions to durable lunar capability.
Voyager Technologies positions its investment in Max Space to align with a strategy to deliver mission-ready systems that extend American strength into cislunar space.
Max Space’s expandable habitat architecture enables significantly more usable floor area per kilogram delivered.
The Voyager–Max Space initiative aligns with Administrator Isaacman’s announcement to be on the Moon to stay by 2028.
Voyager Technologies made a multi-million-dollar strategic investment in Max Space to advance development of next-generation expandable space habitats.
The Voyager–Max Space initiative supports NASA’s Artemis Program.
Max Space’s flexible habitat geometries allow optimization for evolving mission needs from early surface missions to long-duration lunar habitation.
Max Space delivers infrastructure intended to maximize livable volume, enhance crew safety, and reduce the cost and complexity of surface deployment.