Tiffany Sharp -Space Biology Lab

08/10/2026

Just bring your suitcase.... SSC Space will take care of the rest. The expediated insights into medical science, botanicals, materials is available and affordable to everyone via space and access to microgravity,

Space is not the domain of trilliionaires, space is precious and of service to Earth

01/10/2026

Dark matter and dark energy make up 95% of the universe AND we don't really know what it is....

01/10/2026

Meetings, lab set up and equipment check, water-bath on ready to start de-thawing cells tomorrow

The problem is deciding on dates to thaw and grow tissue cells that have a finate shelf life, with that of approximating which date we will actually launch - which is out of our hands, growing too soon could result in non viable cells by the time launch occurs
decisions decisions, time delays, non power considerations to body temp controlled payload and cell viability

and where the bloody hell is the kettle in the shared kitchen! its not rocket science .... took some time to view the beauty of Autumn in this country, before giving everyone a lift back to base
Ad astra!

01/10/2026

🚀 THE MAPHEUS17 HCT IS ON. (Hot Count Down!)

One of those moments where years of research suddenly becomes very, very real. The handover of the human cells and experiment is complete. They have gone straight into Cambrian Defence & Space body-temperature payload at 37°C (SSC Space designed) and are now preparing for integration into the rocket ahead of launch.

For the Robinson lab at Adelaide University's the Centre for Cancer Biology, Nirmal Robinson, Kelly Lim and his team, this moment represents the culmination of many years of dedicated cancer research. Research that will contribute to future breakthroughs not only in our understanding of cancer, but also the biological processes associated with age-related health decline and earlier detection, with the aid of microgravity.

For Cambrian Defence & Space, this is exactly why we have worked to build pathways not only for our own research but to also grow a microgravity research community. Space is not the research. Space is the laboratory.

And now the lab experiment is almost ready for launch!!!

A huge thank you to the Robinson Lab and CCB team for entrusting us with their science, and to our microgravity and launch partners SSC Space across both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, who are helping us build repeatable access to this extraordinary research environment. To the amazing SSC Space engineering team Stefan Krämer, Marci and Juhan, tack 💫

To German Aerospace Center (DLR), and the MORABA team thank you for the immeasurable technical support, generosity, camaraderie and sheer willingness to help throughout this mission. It has meant an enormous amount to us. And because no rocket campaign happens without the people behind the scenes... Doreen Kupka thank you for the shirts. Laura Alvarez thank you for actually getting them here! 👊

Science handed over. Payload loaded. Rocket integration next. The HCT countdown is officially on. 🚀🧬

28/09/2026

A good reminder that Space Operations, Launch Capability and Environmental Care can go Hand in Hand. Our partners in microgravity research SSC Space, are based in a pristine woodland environment in Lapland Sweden.

Walking through the pine forest at Esrange Space Centre, I noticed the trees are draped in long, fine strands of horsehair lichen (Bryoria). Also known as Hanging beard lichen, it's extremely sensitive to air pollution.

What makes this remarkable is where it's growing. Esrange has been launching rockets from Swedish Lapland for nearly 60 years, and the surrounding forest remains in pristine condition. You can literally see the tree's breathing/steaming from the morning sunlight🌲

It's a small detail that speaks volumes, Horsehair lichen is one of the most pollution-sensitive lichens there is. It absorbs everything directly from the air, so it only thrives where the air is clean and the forest has been left undisturbed for decades. You'll rarely find it in cities. Its home is pristine woodland.

Seeing this type of lichen here in abundance is a clear signal of how healthy this environment is, something our sovereign launch capability is currently addressing with concerned citizens and departments. Environmental care and launch infrastructure can thrive in close proximity, in fact as a walk here on base demonstrates, it can be the better for it

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*(I should've said rarely grows in healthy abundance in disturbed environments in the footage)

27/09/2026

I'm back on base! Sweden, ready to launch cancer research on our payload
Arrived at Esrange Space Centre, and the base is buzzing. 🚀

One of the things that makes Esrange such an efficient place to work is that everything you need is right here. With on-site accommodation, all I really had to bring was a suitcase and some lab consumables. The rest is within walking distance.

The Space Inn restaurant keeps the team fed, there's a gym for resetting after long days, and both indoor and outdoor saunas (this is Sweden, after all). Best of all for our work, the biolab sits alongside the engineering hub in the multipurpose facility, so science and engineering teams can move between spaces seamlessly.

When the infrastructure is this well integrated, the focus stays where it should be: on the mission.
Looking forward to the days ahead. More to come.
Cambrian Defence & Space SSC Space Adelaide University Centre for Cancer Biology
South Australian Space Industry Centre Australian Space Agency

15/09/2026

The research team sent 135 unpackaged artificial lenses to the International Space Station, where they spent around six months exposed to conditions in low-Earth orbit before returning to Earth for analysis.

The experiment tested how the artificial lenses withstand space conditions, not whether surgery itself could safely be performed there. Researchers also do not yet know whether the changes found in some lenses would affect vision or make them unusable.

Micheletti next wants to test the machine used in cataract surgery during short periods of microgravity on parabolic flights.

It uses ultrasound and fluid to break up and remove the eye's cloudy natural lens.

If that works, he hopes to move towards longer microgravity tests and eventually a surgical experiment in orbit.

The research team sent 135 unpackaged artificial lenses to the International Space Station, where they spent around six months exposed to conditions in low-Earth orbit before returning to Earth for analysis.

13/09/2026

A proud moment seeing Cambrian Defence & Space and our latest microgravity research mission, with a banner across the front page of The Advertiser, with great details on our microgravity services and Dr Nirmal Robinson's cancer research mission page 11.
Part of the story is what we are building for our industry, for our nation.

SPACE IS THE LABORATORY. and Adelaide University's Centre for Cancer Biology, Dr Nirmal Robinson came to us with that knowledge, and I inturn had been searching for them. I had spoken to many on the opportunity's microgravity provides to medical science investigations, however it was Dr Robinson whom having worked in Europe, already had knowledge of the benefits of microgravity and was ready for greater insights into his work.

Conducting microgravity research ourselves, we understand what happens when you take an experiment designed on Earth and expose it to reduced gravity, we provide the specialist research, expert payload, integration and mission capability required to make that possible, and to make accessing space 'simple', regular and affordable for research needs.

We don't just speak about microgravity research - we conduct it

In this mission, we are working with cancer researchers to use microgravity to examine how cancer-related processes respond when the influence of gravity is removed, and what those changes may tell us about disease progression, stress adaptation and early detection, including earlier in age detection. The commercial outcome, could be earlier detection kits, currently at home kits are limited and medical screening required within a clinic setting.

Cancer is one application.
Biology. Botanicals. Human health. Food security. Advanced materials. New technologies.
Our wider mission is to establish routine, repeatable access to microgravity for Australian and Australasian R&D with our great partnerships and collaborators.

Thank you to those in Australian Launch services that came to see the research up close, apologies we took longer than expected and thank you to The Advertiser photographer and journalist Jacinta Round, for taking me out of lab PPE downstairs in the MOD building.

Thank you to the wonderful Dr Robinson team, thank you to our partners in launch and microgravity services SSC Space,

10/09/2026

Our LIVE ABC Breakfast Show interview prior to sending CCB's stem cells to Arctic circle for our rocket launch. Glad to see our work garnering attention and awareness, mission countdown is on, with human stem cells sent to our partners in Sweden, ready for launch!!

alas wearing a tent for PPE and safety goggles wasn't flash, but its not all about fashion moments in the lab! :P

23/08/2026

There are moments when the strength of an alliance is measured not simply by its history, but by what we choose to build together next.
Cambrian Defence & Space was pleased to join AmCham Australia for an important discussion with Premier Peter Malinauskas and Foreign Minister Penny Wong, marking 75 years of the Australia–US Alliance while looking firmly to the future.

In an increasingly complex world, Australia’s security and prosperity will depend on our ability to turn strong relationships into tangible capability, technology, industry and opportunity. Thanks to Tony Nicholls CGI his insights into the value of international collaboration and the opportunities it creates for Australian industry

For South Australia, that opportunity is significant. Defence, space, critical minerals, advanced manufacturing and AI are not separate conversations. Together, they form part of the capability Australia will need for the decades ahead. With both Minister Wong and the Premier on the same page, that Sth Australia can greatly influence our nation.

Thank you to AmCham Australia for continuing to bring government and industry into the conversations that matter. 🇺🇸🇦🇺

It was heartening to see Legacy’s continued evolution in supporting the wider veteran community. Having advocated for this broader reach over many years, it is meaningful to see that change translating into real support for many. An organisation worthy of our support Legacy Australia

Thank you to my fellow governors for being an important component of sovereign capability with Honourable allied international partnerships.