LEVITAS
Catapult’s microgravity service provider marketplace
Getting an experiment into space takes six steps, usually done by six different kinds of company.
UK and Switzerland chart a regulatory path for medicines made in orbit
Following the inaugural UK-Swiss Microgravity Biopharma Dialogue in Berne, the UK Space Agency and MHRA are working on a regulatory roadmap (due autumn 2026) for in-orbit pharmaceutical manufacturing, building on UK-funded feasibility work including BioOrbit's PHARM study.
Reditus Space readies ENOS, its first reusable cargo-return satellite
Reditus Space is preparing the first flight of ENOS, a reusable free-flyer designed to carry pharma, biotech and materials payloads to orbit and back, targeting weekly-cadence access once proven - just 15 months after the company's October 2024 founding.
Photocentric spins out CosmicMaker after successful space 3D-printing trials
After three parabolic-flight test campaigns proved its LCD 3D printer could print ceramics and thermosets in microgravity, Photocentric has spun its space programme out into CosmicMaker, a dedicated company targeting autonomous manufacturing aboard future orbital platforms.
SpaceMD brings in former Merck and NASA leaders as demand grows
Redwire's in-space pharma venture SpaceMD, which licenses seed crystals grown on Redwire's flight-proven PIL-BOX platform to drug developers, has added former Merck and NASA executives to its leadership as strategic advisors amid rising customer interest.
Varda's sixth capsule returns safely from orbit
Varda Space Industries' W-6 capsule launched on SpaceX's Transporter-16 rideshare and reentered successfully on 19 May 2026, landing at the Koonibba Test Range in South Australia - the company's sixth flight of its pharmaceutical-manufacturing reentry platform.
LambdaVision and Helogen team up to manufacture artificial retinas in orbit
LambdaVision and Helogen have announced a joint orbital manufacturing mission - targeted for the second half of 2026 - to produce LambdaVision's protein-based artificial retina implant aboard Helogen's autonomous HEL-IOS manufacturing system.
Spinning Around's first satellite reaches orbit
SpinnyONE, the Edinburgh start-up's technology-demonstrator satellite, launched on SpaceX's Transporter-16 rideshare, validating the imaging and communications architecture behind Spinning Around's planned adjustable-gravity orbital microlab service.
Starlab clears a major NASA design milestone
Starlab Space has completed its Commercial Critical Design Review with NASA, confirming the commercial station's architecture and safety approach are mature enough to move from design into fabrication, testing and assembly.
Space for Inspiration 2026 heads to Copenhagen
ESA's Space for Inspiration conference returns on 1-2 September 2026 in Copenhagen, bringing together the microgravity-enabled innovation and lunar exploration communities, including pitches from ESA's Business in Space Growth Network accelerator cohorts.
ATMOS and Space Cargo Unlimited target 2026 for Europe's first commercial cargo-return service
ATMOS Space Cargo and Space Cargo Unlimited have signed a mission order to integrate SCU's BentoBox manufacturing payload inside ATMOS's PHOENIX reentry capsule, opening a seven-mission roadmap through 2027/2028 for drug discovery, in-orbit demonstration and materials-science customers.
