Voyager
Space Perspective

Voyager enters service after construction completion – Space Perspective
Voyager was a a planned marine spaceport launch and recovery vessel for the space tourism company Space Perspective, which sold high-altitude balloon flights. Voyager was overhauled in a Louisiana shipyard for almost two years before finally entering service in 2024. Despite having a registered homeport of Port Canaveral, the ship was based 70 miles south in Fort Pierce during it’s brief operational period.
In early 2025, Space Perspective appeared to encounter significant financial difficulties. Reports from Talk of Titusville indicated the company had been evicted from its facilities at Titusville Airport and had furloughed most of its staff. Ultimately, Space Perspective was acquired by the Spanish firm Eos-X Space in July 2025.
Amidst this turmoil, the vessel Voyager was relocated from Florida to Louisiana, seemingly returning to the control of Guice Offshore, a previously advertised supporting martime partner. While the specific commercial relationship between Guice Offshore and Space Perspective was never made public, the vessel is now registered to GO Voyager LLC as of August 2025 and is adveritsed as for charter. All Space Perspective branding has been removed from Voyager and replaced with Guice Offshore’s livery.
@GuiceOffshore's 280-class DP2 Voyager is our largest and most capable multi-purpose vessel, equipped to tackle projects in almost any water depth. She is unrestricted for ocean service and international operations.
— Guice Offshore (@GuiceOffshore) August 22, 2025
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Named in honor of the Voyager 1 space probe, the vessel was acquired to allow Space Perspective to launch and recover its spacecraft capsule Neptune from anywhere in the world, starting with pre-approved locations near Florida. The company completed its first test flight in June 2021, launching from land near Kennedy Space Center. The capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico roughly seven hours later. On that occasion, the capsule was recovered from the water using a chartered commercial vessel, GO America.
Voyager has the capability to both launch and recover the spacecraft in an integrated, flexible solution that can also relocate to avoid bad weather — a problem that often plagues traditional rocket launches and marine capsule recovery operations. Space Perspective has previously stated it expects Voyager to be the first in a fleet of marine spaceports globally.
Space Perspective’s vessel started life under the name C-Challenger. Owned and operated by large marine firm Edison Chouest. This company completed a similar sale of two vessels to SpaceX in 2021, which later became support vessels, Bob and Doug.
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— Space Perspective (@SpacePerspectiv) May 10, 2023
Voyager was converted at a Louisiana shipyard to run on biofuel, a more environmentally friendly option than is traditionally found on commercial vessels of these types. The balloon will launch from Voyager to a height of 32 km, then glide for several hours, before dropping the capsule, which will splash down in the ocean and be recovered by the ship. Operational support of the ship will be provided by marine firm Guice Offshore (GO), a company that has worked with other commercial space providers including Blue Origin and SpaceX, the latter for nearly a decade.
For recovery, Voyager has been retro-fitted with an a-frame lifting system to lift the capsule from the ocean, supported by fast boats. This system is very similar to the Dragon capsule recovery system developed by SpaceX and implemented on its recovery vessels Megan and Shannon.
The first flight operation conducted from Voyager occurred on September 15th, 2024. SpaceShip Neptune launched from the ship, in the Gulf of Mexico, to 100,00ft during the uncrewed test. The capsule was recovered a few hours later upon splashdown.

SpaceShip Neptune takes off from Voyager for the first time, Sep 2024 – Space Perspective
Vital Statistics
Owner: Guice Offshore
Operator: Guice Offshore
Year Built: 1998
IMO: 9132296
Length: 89m / 294 ft
Breadth: 17m / 56 ft
Joined Space Perspective: 2023
Retired Space Perspective: 2025
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