Human Spaceflight & Life Support

Builds and operates the world's first commercial space station — develops Axiom Station modules to attach to the ISS and trains astronauts for private human spaceflight missions.

US academic space medicine centre — conducts space biomedical research and education and leads NASA's Translational Research Institute for Space Health.

Develops reusable rockets and space vehicles to enable a future where millions live and work in space.

American space station module builder — develops large habitable spacecraft modules for commercial stations and US Space Force missions.

Builds environmentally-controlled ETFE modules for sustainable farming on Earth and life-support systems for space — develops EBIOS habitat technology for Moon, Mars and terrest…

Leads America's return to the Moon — operates Nova-C lunar landers under NASA CLPS, builds the Lunar Data Network, and provides lunar surface access, data relay and space infras…

Develops advanced space systems, satellites and deep space exploration vehicles.

American space habitat startup — develops expandable habitats for low Earth orbit, lunar and deep-space missions, with a first flight planned on SpaceX.

United States government agency leading civilian space exploration, aeronautics research and Earth science.

American spaceplane developer — designing Radian One, a reusable rail-launched single-stage-to-orbit vehicle for crew and cargo to low Earth orbit.

Develops space transportation and orbital infrastructure — builds the Dream Chaser spaceplane, expandable LIFE habitat and Velocity satellite platforms for the commercial space …

American commercial space station developer — joint venture led by Voyager Technologies building the Starlab LEO station under NASA's CLD programme.

NASA-funded virtual institute at Baylor College of Medicine — translates terrestrial biomedical advances into practical space health solutions for long-duration human spaceflight.

Pioneers orbital manufacturing and reentry platforms — processes pharmaceuticals and advanced materials in microgravity, returning them via the W-Series reentry capsule for life…

Developing the first commercial artificial-gravity space station — builds Haven-1 (the world's first commercial space station) in partnership with SpaceX for long-term human hab…

Develops Mach 9 hypersonic aircraft for point-to-point travel — the Stargazer vehicle uses a rotating detonation rocket engine to enable 1-hour transpacific flights for commerci…

Pioneering commercial human spaceflight with reusable spaceplane technology.

Space technology holding company and parent of Starlab — develops the Starlab commercial space station in partnership with Airbus, targeting crew operations as ISS successor for…

Develops the HIRO-LAB payload to study how ionising radiation affects pharmaceuticals in deep space — pioneering space biology for human spaceflight readiness.

Developed the world's first ground-based microgravity research platform with ISS spaceflight heritage — pioneers space biology and biomanufacturing for health applications.

Australia's leading space food and nutrition company — conducts food science experiments in space and develops nutrition strategies for astronaut health and planetary missions.

Develops the next-generation Kosmosuit platform — full-stack commercial spacesuits with integrated performance intelligence for human spaceflight and dual-use applications.

Naples space company — develops the IRENE deployable re-entry system, MiniLab microgravity labs and payload recovery services.

Italian space engineering company owned by Thales Alenia Space and ASI — provides ISS engineering, logistics and mission control for exploration missions such as ExoMars.

Italian aerospace systems engineering firm — designs, builds and tests scientific payloads and experiment hardware for the ISS and other space platforms.

Naples space company — designs deployable and inflatable re-entry systems and runs microgravity experiment services; majority owner of ALI.

China's main space contractor — develops Long March rockets, satellites and the Chinese Space Station.

China's national space agency overseeing space science, exploration and international cooperation.

Developing ultra-high-speed hypersonic space planes for point-to-point passenger transport — targets intercontinental travel in under an hour using aerospace propulsion technology.

Japanese space startup planning a commercial space station and offering microgravity life-science R&D and satellite data consulting.

Global lunar resource development company — designs and builds lunar landers and rovers for high-frequency Moon transport services.

Develops fully reusable suborbital spaceplanes using a patented switchable air-breathing/rocket engine — targeting space tourism and suborbital cargo transport services.

Swiss ESA User Support and Operations Centre at HSLU — plans and operates biology experiments and payloads on the ISS Columbus module from Hergiswil.

Swiss-Israeli biotech company — builds miniaturised remote-controlled laboratories for microgravity experiments on the ISS and CubeSats.

University of Zurich space cluster — coordinates research groups in space life sciences and Earth observation and runs parabolic and research flights at Dübendorf.

Cypriot non-profit space science organisation — represents Cyprus in IAF and COSPAR and runs the Cyprus Space Research and Innovation Centre.

Cypriot space research infrastructure run by CSEO and designated COSPAR's International Space Innovation Centre — hosts R&D including Cyprus's first home-built satellite.

Danish volunteer-run crewed spaceflight project — develops and launches amateur rockets and capsules, working toward the crewed Spica rocket.

Danish space engineering company — develops medical research and exercise equipment for astronauts on the ISS and other extreme environments.

Austrian space architecture and systems design firm — designs habitats, interiors and life-support concepts for ESA, EU and industry missions such as Gateway.

Belgian space engineering firm — develops human spaceflight systems, robotics, control centres and software; partner in Starlab Space.

Czech radiation imaging company — builds Timepix pixel detectors used as radiation monitors on the ISS, Orion and lunar missions.

Finnish space instrument company — builds radiation monitors and microscopy instruments flown on BepiColombo, the ISS and Artemis I.

German space biotech startup — flies automated mini-labs to the ISS and other microgravity platforms for pharma and research clients.

Irish space software company — develops astronaut procedure and flight support software for the ISS and the Lunar Gateway.

Norwegian space startup — develops extravehicular activity (EVA) spacesuits and human-centric systems, testing its Mark 1 suit at ESA's European Astronaut Centre.

Russian state space corporation responsible for spaceflight, launch vehicles and space exploration.

South Korean launch startup developing UNA EXPRESS kerosene-LOX rockets for small satellite launch and future crewed suborbital flights.

Dubai's government space centre managing the UAE National Space Program — responsible for the Emirates Mars Mission (Hope Probe), DubaiSat satellites, UAE astronaut programme an…

London in-space manufacturing startup — develops autonomous microgravity units to crystallise protein drugs for self-injectable cancer treatments.