Our Commitment to Success
Central to Rhodium Scientific’s success is a commitment to implement unprecedented, industry-standard quality assurances into every spaceflight mission and conduct space biotech at the speed of business. Each Rhodium Scientific mission ensures optimization of pre-flight tests, accurate translation of benchtop procedures to the space lab, and precise on-orbit operations. Our repeatable, standardized processes mitigate risk and ensure post-flight results accurately represent the true space environment.
Core Competencies
Industry-Standard Quality Assurances Applied to Space
Our proprietary Rhodium QuIC Space (Quality, Industry Compatible Space) process uses industry-standard protocols to enable sample replicates, analytical fidelity, reliable ground controls, and increased return on investment.
Science-First Approach
“Scientists working with scientists.” We are a team of life science subject matter experts leading the mission integration process to prioritize science and mitigate risk.
Turn-Key Mission Support
From first-time spaceflight to scale-up programs in space, Rhodium Scientific supports all steps of a mission—from concept translation to post-flight analytics.
Space Science at the Speed of Business
Our agreements allow for rapid launch sequences to support biotech timelines and the academic calendar.
National Security
Rhodium offers classified and unclassified missions for defense agencies, including past performance with DARPA, DTRA, DoD Space Test Program and US Air Force Academy, providing secure, rapid-turnaround access to on-orbit research and testing to support critical national security priorities.
Differentiators
Space Biotech at the Speed of Business
Rhodium Scientific is the only commercial space provider to complete turn-key missions within approximately a one-year timeline.
Space Access Agreements
Commercial Services Provider to NASA, Department of Defense, private space stations, Intuitive Machines, and other space-based platforms for rapid access to space and the lunar surface.
Leading Space Biotech
Programmatic verticals in biomanufacturing, regenerative medicine, pharmaceuticals, and agritech.
High-Throughput Space Flight Hardware
Our portfolio of proven, NASA flight-certified hardware includes the first high-throughput lunar and Martian gravity centrifuge, capable of testing 200+ samples on a single mission.
Past Performances
Successfully executed and supported more than 35 Science & Technology space missions for academia, STEM, industry, and DoD (6 DTRA, 4 DARPA, 3 FFRDC National Labs, 2 Air Force Academy).
Spaceflight certification of more than 15 bioscience facilities and hardware. Real-time ISS operations from Rhodium Scientific’s mission control have ensured hardware functionality and astronaut crew time efficiency.
Prime contractor for 3 successful DoD prototype space processes (awarded OTAs) in biomanufacturing, regenerative medicine, and synthetic biology.
Established and operated national and international space launch programs on a 12-month cycle to expand the space biotech user base, enable non-traditional researchers to conduct ISS missions, and train the future workforce.
In 2026, completion of critical design review of Zephyr, an Earth re-entry free flyer vehicle designed in partnership with Intuitive Machines and funded with $10 Million by the Texas Space Commission.
Platform Overview
Spaceflight Hardware Portfolio
Identify, assess, and match appropriate hardware to researcher-specific needs based on project requirements and timelines.
Provide researchers with a flight hardware portfolio designed to fill gaps in research capacity.
Maintain a database of science results from previous missions and mission success rates to support researchers and funding agencies in predicting outcomes and trends.
Rhodium Space Biobank™
What Is the Rhodium Space Biobank?
The Rhodium Space Biobank™ is the nation's first secure, regulatory-aligned repository dedicated to preserving, cataloging, and characterizing biological and material samples exposed to spaceflight. Built on more than a decade of microgravity research experience, the Biobank provides end-to-end custody — from pre-flight preparation through long-term cryostorage and data integration — transforming one-time space missions into reusable, investable scientific infrastructure.
Industry Alignments & Commercialization Services
Collaborate with research teams during project design to ensure experiments meet proper industry quality control standards (e.g., GLP, cGMP, FDA).
Mitigate risk through protocols designed to safeguard science missions, including thorough document reviews and clear articulation of science requirements to NASA mission planning teams and flight crews.
Provide subject matter expertise to support filing mission-related patents and publications.
Mission-Specific Scientific Consulting
- Direct collaboration with researchers to accurately translate lab protocols into flight-feasible space operations and timelines.
Guidance on appropriate levels of industry-standard quality assurances to ensure pre-flight, in-flight, and post-flight activities meet commercialization standards.
Direct teaming support to guide and write proposals utilizing Rhodium Scientific services and flight hardware.
Critical payload processing support and facilities, including hands-on sample loading into flight hardware at client labs or launch sites.
Project compliance and proper documentation for NASA payload safety reviews and launch vehicle requirements.
National Security & Defense
Classified and unclassified mission support for defense agencies including DARPA, DTRA, US Air Force Academy, and DoD Space Test Program, having access to secure facilities and personnel clearances.
Rapid prototype development and deployment delivering space biotechnology missions from concept to on-orbit operations in under 12 months to meet urgent national security timelines.
Mission-critical applications spanning biomanufacturing, biosurveillance, regenerative medicine, synthetic biology, and emerging biothreat detection and countermeasure development.
Secure payload processing and integration with dedicated facilities, cleared personnel, and controlled access protocols for sensitive materials and technologies.
Flexible contracting pathways including DoD OTA awards, direct contracts, and teaming arrangements tailored to defense acquisition requirements and security protocols.
Full mission lifecycle support from proposal development and compliance documentation through launch integration, on-orbit operations, and secure sample return and analysis.