Your Research, In Space.
We offer a broad range of platforms and facilities to enable your research in space, whether for physical, biological, materials, agricultural research and more. Our commercial platforms are based on standardization and miniaturization, helping make access to space easier than ever.
Nanolabs are the original commercial plug and play microgravity research module. Think outside the box – but fit it inside the box. Nanolabs are low-cost, open-sourced, standardized, hardware.With power and data provided, you get to focus purely on the science.
Full locker size platform for simultaneous, remotely-operated in-space experiments.We love working with astronauts, crew – but sometimes researchers want to use materials, chemicals, or biological agents that are deemed just a bit too risky for the astronauts to maneuver themselves. So that’s why we built BlackBox!
BlackBox is a remotely commanded platform that has research fully integrated on the ground and completely contained from the astronaut crew. All the astronauts have to do is plug the entire locker-sized platform in on-orbit for power and data. BlackBox allows for multiple experiments to occur simultaneously.
Our Advanced microgravity research platform for chemists and biologists.
Our 2nd Generation Plate-Reader is a reconfigured Molecular Devices SpectraMax M5e – one of the most reliable, durable, feature-rich microplate readers on the market.
Our Plate Reader features a wide range of high-performance multi-mode reader capabilities ideal for space station life sciences research including absorbance, fluorescence, time-resolved fluorescence, and fluorescence polarization modes with full spectral range detection.Our upgraded design allows for increased mixing between chambers, few bubbles, more readings per window, and easier assembly. We offer four sets of 2x chambers.
MixStix – a simple platform that delivers big results. These are test tubes for space, activated by astronauts, and brought back to Earth for analysis. Mixstix are mixture enclosure tubes for fluids, materials, chemicals and biological substances – all kept separate until they are ready to be mixed in space. Single, double, or triple experiment sample segments are available.
Astronauts release the block on the chambers and shake the tube to mix the materials. All Mixstix are 10 ml parylene coated silicon tubes. Mixstix can be stowed cold (+4°C), or ambient on launch, berth, pre/post operations, and on payload return to Earth.
We are the leaders in designing custom missions to support non-traditional space users. Whether you have an existing research portfolio you want to bring into space, design camera systems to capture to magic of space and Earth, or another development program to support your company’s mission, we’re here to help. We have proudly created custom missions for leading brands such as Hilton, Adidas, Madison Square Garden’s Sphere, National Geographic and more.
Our team designs, develops and tests innovative and game-changing technology for aeronautics and spaceflight. We have demonstrated expertise and subject matter experts in Combustion Science (fire safety, waste management, cool flames), Fluid Physics (life support systems, cryo-management, liquid crystal), Human Research (exercise devices, medical devices), power systems, electric propulsion, systems engineering, communications and intelligence systems and materials and structures. We work with Principal Investigators globally, as well as Project Scientists who interface with our engineers to design and develop space systems and instruments.
Tympanogen Inc., a startup company which develops innovative ear, nose, and throat devices based on proprietary gel technology, launched their first-ever experiment to the Space Station leveraging our Reactor Microplates in the microgravity environment. Tympanogen is developing a novel wound-healing patch that provides controlled release of antibiotics directly to the wound site to improve tissue repair.Such a patch would be especially useful for combat wounds in soldiers and could significantly reduce the occurrence and severity of sepsis, a systemic response caused by infection.
The teams from Voyager and MSG Sphere Studios collaborated to launch and operate the highest resolution camera ever sent to space. We are working with astronauts on the space station across three missions to validate custom camera technology for the MSG Sphere.. MSG Sphere is a new entertainment medium delivering immersive experiences at an unparalleled scale, which requires developing custom content creation tools, including camera and lens technology capable of producing ultra-high-resolution images. Sphere is the largest spherical structure in the world with an exterior exosphere that features a fully-programmable 580,000 square foot LED display, the largest LED screen on Earth. Inside, the venue will house the world’s highest resolution LED screen – a 160,000 square foot display plane that will wrap up, over, and behind the audience at a resolution over 80 times that of a high-definition television.
Hilton became the first hospitality company to participate in research on the International Space Station, as astronauts successfully baked DoubleTree chocolate chip cookies in a landmark science experiment in partnership with Voyager. Voyager and Zero G Kitchen developed the first-ever oven for a space station and baked food from the raw for the first time in space. There are many challenges with cooking food in space, from gravity to convection to astronaut health and safety. This experiment broke new ground in understanding how to help make astronauts feel like they are close to home, uncovering the challenges for cooking food on orbit for both short and long term space exploration.
Students from the University of Duisburg-Essen addressed the topic of planet formation, investigating the role particles’ electrical charges play during the birth of new celestial bodies. Current research indicates that particles up to a certain size stick to each other after collisions. A new theory predicts that bigger lumps are created by electrical interactions between particles. In order to prove this theory the students will observe the collisions of glass beads, which simulate cosmic particles, in microgravity.
Adidas leveraged microgravity to innovate and expand the midsole technology in their Boost line of shoes. In collaboration with Voyager, NASA astronauts performed an experiment using the Boost midsole creation process, without the distraction of Earth’s gravity. The goal was to uncover the secrets of pellet movement during midsole mold filling thanks to microgravity conditions – something that scientists theorize could be used to optimize footwear performance and comfort.
Boost pellets were injected into a midsole cavity, and the motion of the pellets, their interactions, and their final orientation were captured with a highspeed camera in the clear mold. The molds were preserved and returned to Earth for inspection to unlock the future of Boost and understand what it takes to create truly out-of-this-world running technology.