Microgravity
Turn gravity off and reset the rules. Remove the limits of Earth to build products that are physically impossible down here.
Toggle between gravity on and gravity off
No Sedimentation
Things do not sink to the bottom. Without gravity pulling particles downward, mixtures remain perfectly suspended, enabling uniform compositions impossible on Earth.
No Convection
Heat does not rise. Without gravity-driven fluid currents, liquids and gases remain still, allowing for ultra-precise temperature control and crystal growth.
No Buoyancy
Nothing floats or sinks. Heavy and light materials stay perfectly mixed, enabling the creation of novel alloys and composites that separate on Earth.
What this means for you
Manufacturing and research in microgravity unlock breakthroughs that are impossible on Earth.
By demonstrating your ideas and technologies with us, you can build competitive advantages.
Through innovation, significant benefits for humanity can be achieved across sectors such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, photonics, and materials science.
Use Cases
Pharma
On Earth, gravity causes protein crystals to sediment and grow unevenly, leading to structural imperfections.
In microgravity a testbed environment allows proteins to grow into larger, near-perfect crystals without 'sinking' or 'clumping.' These high-quality structures allow scientists to map diseases with extreme precision.
This leads to the development of purer, more stable drugs that are easier to take. This means moving away from hour-long hospital IV drips toward simple, at-home injections or pills—a massive leap for our aging population.
Biotech
Growing human cells or 'mini-organs' (organoids) on Earth is like trying to build a 3D house out of wet tissue—gravity pulls them flat, forcing them to grow in thin 2D layers.
Without gravity's downward pull, cells stay suspended and grow naturally in three dimensions, mimicking how they actually behave inside the human body.
This provides a superior testbed for understanding how diseases like cancer spread or how the body ages. It accelerates the development of regenerative medicines and may one day lead to 'printing' functional human tissue in space.
Materials
When you melt two different metals together on Earth, the heavier one sinks and the lighter one floats, leading to weak spots in the final product.
In microgravity, there is no buoyancy or convection. Metals and liquids mix perfectly and stay mixed, allowing for the creation of 'super-alloys' that are impossible to make on Earth.
We can create materials that are significantly lighter yet stronger than anything currently available, potentially revolutionizing everything from jet engines to high-performance construction.
Electronics
Making the 'brains' of our computers—semiconductor wafers—requires extreme heat. On Earth, that heat creates 'currents' (convection) that cause imperfections in the crystal structure.
Because heat doesn't 'rise' in space, the liquid materials stay perfectly still as they cool. This allows for the growth of flawless, high-uniformity semiconductor crystals.
Faster, more energy-efficient chips that could power the next generation of artificial intelligence and high-speed computing, all while using less power than today's electronics.
Photonics
On Earth, making ultra-pure glass fibers is limited by gravity-induced impurities and crystallization defects that degrade signal quality over long distances.
Manufacturing glass in microgravity prevents these impurities from settling. This produces 'ultra-clear' glass fibers with significantly lower signal loss.
A single space-made fiber optic cable could transmit data much further and faster than current Earth-made cables, revolutionizing telecommunications infrastructure.