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Blue Origin, Sierra Space Team On Commercial Space Station
A rendering of Orbital Reef with one of Boeing’s Starliner vehicles visiting.
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Blue Origin and Sierra Space said Monday they plan to build a commercial space station in low-Earth orbit before the decade is over.
The project, which is called Orbital Reef and is designed to operate as a “mixed-use business park” in space, is backed by groups including Boeing Co., Redwire Space, Genesis Engineering Solutions, and Arizona State University. It will include infrastructure and services that will be shared by multiple tenants, such as module berths, vehicle ports, utilities and other amenities.