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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Max Space’s expandable habitat architecture optimizes human productivity and operational flexibility in a gravity environment.
Voyager Technologies is making a multi-million-dollar strategic investment in Max Space to develop expandable lunar habitats.
Voyager Technologies and Max Space announced a strategic partnership in early February to develop expandable space habitats with plans for ground validation and in-space demonstrations before 2030.
Voyager Technologies will support Max Space’s internal research and development efforts to accelerate engineering, manufacturing scale-up, and mission integration activities.
Voyager Technologies is pairing its integrated platform with Max Space’s expandable habitat architecture to accelerate the transition from demonstration missions to durable lunar capability.
Max Space’s expandable habitat technology launches compactly and expands up to 20 times its stowed volume at its destination.
The flight unit for Max Space’s expandable habitat is in full production.
Mission Evolution is Max Space’s first in-orbit expandable habitat demonstration.
Nicole Stott is Lead Astronaut at Max Space.
The primary objective of Max Space’s expandable habitat demonstration is to test and verify on-orbit deployment and micrometeoroid protection layers.
Max Space’s expandable habitat flight unit is scheduled to launch in Q1 2027 as part of a SpaceX mission.
Saleem Miyan is CEO and Co-Founder of Max Space.
Max Space is developing Thunderbird Station, an expandable habitat designed for Earth orbit, the Moon, and Mars.
Voyager and Max Space are collaborating on expandable structures technology for surface infrastructure.
Max Space frames expandable structures as architecture designed to increase capability, scalability, and versatility for sustained deep-space human activity.
Voyager Technologies and Max Space signed a strategic cooperation agreement on February 5, 2026 to advance expandable space infrastructure technologies.
Voyager Technologies and Max Space plan phased demonstrations on the ground and on orbit in the late 2020s with the goal of establishing operational capabilities for future lunar and Mars surface applications and supporting a sustained lunar economy.
The Voyager Technologies–Max Space partnership pairs Voyager’s mission-critical space systems and infrastructure experience with Max Space’s lightweight, high-capacity expandable-structure technology.
Voyager Technologies and Max Space agreed to cooperate on expandable technology intended for habitation and storage off-Earth.
The partnership between Max Space and Voyager Technologies focuses on habitats for deep space, including the Moon and Mars, rather than collaboration in low Earth orbit.