Human Spaceflight & Life Support: 92 companies and organisations

Texas space services company — provides engineering for NASA and DoD and commercial in-space test and lunar exploration services.

US non-profit initiative for disability inclusion in spaceflight — flies disabled ambassadors on parabolic flights to test accessible spacecraft design.

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.

Houston engineering services company — supports NASA human spaceflight with mission operations, systems engineering and IT services.

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.

Massachusetts manufacturer — produces pressure suits, launch-and-entry suits and communications headsets for aerospace programmes.

University of North Dakota graduate department dedicated to space studies — offers MS and PhD programmes and runs a human spaceflight laboratory.

Aerospace-focused US university in Daytona Beach — offers aerospace, space physics and commercial space operations degrees and hosts space research labs.

Maryland aerospace engineering firm — provides spacecraft engineering for NASA and develops the Single Person Spacecraft concept.

Houston HUBZone small business — provides engineering, R&D and technical support services to NASA, the Missile Defense Agency and their prime contractors.

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

FAA-licensed commercial spaceport at Ellington Airport, Houston — hosts Axiom Space, Intuitive Machines and Collins Aerospace facilities.

Delaware engineered-softgoods maker — produces NASA spacesuit components, inflatable space structures and airbags alongside industrial lines.

Connecticut fuel cell maker — develops PEM fuel cell and electrolyzer power systems for spacecraft, lunar missions and undersea vehicles.

US non-profit managing the ISS National Laboratory under NASA agreement — brokers commercial and academic research and payloads on the space station.

Arizona State University pan-university space programme in Tempe — runs the Interplanetary Lab and research on human space futures and exploration.

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…

Houston-based engineering and government services group — a major NASA contractor supporting human spaceflight, mission operations and space health at JSC.

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.

MIT Media Lab research group — designs and flies space technologies, zero-gravity experiments and artistic payloads for future space habitation.

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

Houston space unit of Oceaneering International — designs and builds EVA tools, spacesuit and life-support hardware, and robotics for NASA and commercial missions.

American engineering company — develops life support and thermal control systems for crewed spacecraft, space stations and other extreme environments.

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

Houston space biotechnology company — designs and operates life-science experiments and flight hardware for microgravity research.

University of Houston research and teaching centre for space architecture — runs the MS in Space Architecture and designs habitats for space and extreme environments.

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

Virginia space tourism company — arranges private orbital and suborbital spaceflights and astronaut training for individuals.

US non-profit expanding access to space — runs a sponsored citizen astronaut programme and leadership training on the overview effect.

American small engineering firm in Boulder — develops technologies for space habitats, life support, small satellites and high-altitude balloons.

University of Maryland space robotics lab — runs the only university neutral buoyancy tank for EVA, servicing and space robotics research.

Kentucky microgravity company — builds automated research and manufacturing systems flown on the International Space Station.

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.

Huntsville space museum and Smithsonian Affiliate — official visitor centre for NASA Marshall and home of Space Camp education programmes.

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…

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

Chinese government agency — manages the China Manned Space Program, including Shenzhou crewed missions, the Tiangong space station and crewed lunar plans.

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.

Chinese Academy of Sciences centre in Beijing — runs the space utilisation system of China's crewed programme, planning and operating Tiangong station experiments.

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.

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.

Japanese space operations company — supports Kibo ISS module operations, astronaut training, safety and product assurance, and small satellite development.

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

Canadian radiation-detection company — builds bubble detectors and spectrometers flown on ISS and CSA missions to measure space radiation.

Hamilton space medicine company — develops medical systems and telemedicine support for human spaceflight and austere environments on Earth.

Canadian engineering firm — designs and manufactures high-performance fabric and deployable/inflatable structures, including space habitat and spaceflight hardware.

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

Czech underwater analogue habitat project — runs crewed isolation missions in the DeepLab H03 station to study human factors for spaceflight.

Czech space analogue startup — runs isolated, confined, extreme-environment missions such as CHILL-ICE to test habitats, suits and crews.

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.

Belgian optical engineering company in the Verhaert group — designs optical and metrology systems for Earth observation, SSA and microgravity missions.

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

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.

Hungarian space hardware startup — develops miniature semiconductor radiation dosimeters (RadNano) and EMC filters, flown in the HUNOR mission.

Hungarian space health startup — develops DNA- and biomarker-based personalised nutrition programmes for astronauts and space travellers.

Polish analog-mission company — runs lunar and Martian habitat simulations and astronaut-style training courses in Rzepiennik, southern Poland.

Polish analog research habitat — hosts simulated lunar and Martian missions in a former military airport hangar in Piła.

South Korean space biotech startup — runs microgravity drug research payloads such as BEE-PC1 on the ISS and its BEE-series CubeSats launched on Nuri.

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

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

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.

Lithuanian space-pharma startup — develops radioprotective drug molecules and runs an ESA mission testing pharmaceutical stability on the ISS.

Luxembourg and Texas space biotech startup — develops space-adapted microbiome and postbiotic products for regenerative agriculture and human health.

Mexican aerospace company with a US affiliate — runs space experiments such as ISS MISSE materials tests and STEM space education programmes.

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.

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.