This strategic partnership positions the company to strengthen collaboration as a foundation for sustained human operations on the moon and beyond.
The two companies said the partnership will focus on advanced expandable structures for habitation and storage, a capability increasingly seen as critical to long-duration lunar missions and future expeditions to Mars.
Voyager chairman and chief executive Dylan Taylor said the agreement reflected a broader shift in how space agencies and industry view human activity beyond Earth.
“The moon is no longer a one-off destination or a flags-and-footprints exercise,” Taylor said. “It’s emerging as an operational domain within a growing space economy that spans science, exploration, national security and commercial activity. Sustained operations will depend on infrastructure designed for endurance, scalability and industrial delivery.”
The collaboration combines Voyager’s track record in delivering mission-critical space systems and infrastructure with Max Space’s lightweight, high-volume expandable structures, which are designed to be launched compactly and deployed at scale once in space.
Together, the companies aim to create a flexible and repeatable approach to human operations on the lunar surface while laying the groundwork for future Mars missions.
Max Space co-founder and chief executive Saleem Miyan said expandable structures represented a step change in how surface infrastructure could be deployed beyond Earth.
“Our technology is an evolutionary leap over earlier generations,” Miyan said. “It’s the only expandable architecture designed with 40 years of on-orbit experience built into it. That translates into greater capability, scalability and versatility – all essential for sustained human activity in deep space and for unlocking the future lunar and Martian economies.”
The partnership will follow a phased development pathway, beginning with ground testing and validation before progressing to in-space demonstrations later this decade.
The aim is to deliver operational capabilities aligned with NASA’s planned timelines for lunar and Mars exploration.
Both companies said the program would prioritise early risk reduction, interoperability with existing and future space systems, and commercial scalability, reflecting growing government and private-sector interest in maintaining a continuous human presence beyond low-Earth orbit.
As international competition and commercial investment in space accelerate, Voyager and Max Space argue that expandable infrastructure will be central to enabling long-term exploration shifting humanity’s presence in space from short missions to permanent operations.