Space Tango

06/29/2026

Exciting news for Space Tango and the Commonwealth of Kentucky! We are expanding our Lexington headquarters with a $7.4 million investment, creating 25 new high-wage jobs while growing our engineering, laboratory, and mission operations capabilities.

Founded in Kentucky, we're proud to continue building our future here as we advance research, manufacturing, and autonomous operations in space. Thank you to Gov. Andy Beshear, the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Commerce Lexington, our passionate team members, and our local partners for supporting innovation and the continued growth of Kentucky's commercial space industry.

Read the full announcement: https://newkentuckyhome.ky.gov/Newsroom/NewsPage/20260625_SpaceTango

06/24/2026

This Friday, Space Tango is attending the annual Sanford Integrated Space Stem Cell Orbital Research (ISSCOR) Center Summit at UC San Diego. Space Tango has been proud to support several ISSCOR research missions, and we're excited to continue collaborating with this pioneering community as it advances stem cell, cancer, and regenerative medicine research in space. Looking forward to connecting with researchers and partners who are translating discoveries in low Earth orbit into breakthroughs for life on Earth. 🚀

06/23/2026

San Diego is calling!

Find our Director of Business Development - Applications, Shelby Giza, at BIO International, June 23-25. With over 20,000 biotech leaders expected, it is the perfect place to connect, dive into the industry ecosystem, and learn how the space environment can help close the gap on diseases with a high unmet medical need! See you there!

06/01/2026

This week, our Director of Corporate Development, Molly Sullivan, will be joining a panel at the Space Law Symposium to discuss biotechnology in space and our evolving portfolio of customers pursuing scalable production of diagnostics, medical devices, and therapeutics. Together with leaders from the FDA, NIST, and the legal and investment communities, the panel will explore the opportunities, risks, and regulatory barriers facing the commercialization of medical products manufacturing in the unique space environment.

06/01/2026

Every mission tells a story, but the real impact is measured in what comes next.

Explore our new Publications page to see the peer-reviewed research, scientific discoveries, and published findings enabled through Space Tango missions. From disease models to biomanufacturing, these publications showcase how space-based research is advancing knowledge and driving humanity's innovation.

🖥️ Browse the collection and discover what's possible when research leaves the lab and reaches orbit: https://spacetango.com/publications/

05/20/2026

TOMORROW: Space Tango’s Studio platform is redefining what’s possible for autonomous research and manufacturing in microgravity. Join our Director of Mechanical Engineering, Paul Kuehl, at . Together, we'll explore how robotics, reusable infrastructure, and advanced imaging are increasing scientific throughput while reducing crew dependency across the ISS and future commercial space platforms.

05/19/2026

TOMORROW: Join Software Engineer and Robotics Lead David Mays tomorrow at to explore the imaging technologies enabling scalable, high-resolution research in orbit! From autonomous microscopy to AI-powered edge computing, discover how Space Tango is redefining real-time science operations for the post-ISS era.

05/19/2026

Cancer research currently aboard the International Space Station as part of Space Tango's SpaceX mission is helping scientists explore how cancer behaves in microgravity—where some tumors have shown dramatically accelerated growth compared to Earth. Hear from Dr. Catriona Jamieson of UC San Diego Health Moores Cancer Center and Dr. Meenal Datta of the University of Notre Dame as they discuss how these on-orbit investigations could unlock new insights into cancer progression, therapeutics, and astronaut health.

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An upcoming resupply mission will carry tumor samples to the International Space Station for research. Experiments in microgravity have yielded shocking results: Some tumors triple in...

05/19/2026

TOMORROW: Join Director of Business Development - Applications, Shelby Giza, at to explore the next generation of orbital R&D systems enabling precise, scalable science with minimal astronaut intervention across the ISS and future commercial space stations. Discover how Space Tango’s autonomous research platforms are transforming cancer research in microgravity—from tumor modeling to advanced therapeutic development.

05/19/2026

What did it take to send human organ chips on ? We had some critical design requirements for AVATAR...

✅️ Maintain a constant human body temperature
✅️ Regulate carbon dioxide concentrations
✅️ Ensure continuous perfusion of the tissue chips despite the extreme vibrations and g-forces of launch and reentry

Learn more about the mission from the Wyss Institute's Dr. Donald Ingber and Dr. David Chou:

Human organ chips made with cells from each of the Artemis II astronauts flew alongside them on their recent lunar mission, opening a new path for space research.