Space Station Habitat Modules

Gravitics is a US commercial space habitat company developing large pressurized modules for commercial space stations. As NASA phases out the ISS (planned deorbit ~2030), it is funding commercial LEO destinations (CLD) through Axiom Space, Orbital Reef (Blue Origin), Starlab, and Nanoracks’ Starlab station — Gravitics is developing habitat modules that integrate with these platforms.

Gratiics’ StarMax habitat module design offers significantly larger internal volumes than ISS modules, enabled by manufacturing using composites and advanced manufacturing techniques on the ground and launching on large-diameter fairing vehicles (Falcon Heavy, New Glenn). Larger internal volumes support more crew, more science equipment, and higher-throughput commercial space operations — crucial for the station economics needed to be profitable without NASA government contracts.

Gratiics is backed by venture investors and has received NASA contracts to develop habitat module technology. The company’s approach emphasizes modular design that allows their habitats to connect to multiple space station architectures — making Gravitics a potential supplier to multiple CLD programs rather than a single-customer vendor. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.