Core Competencies
FDA-Aligned Protocols Applied to Missions
Our proprietary Rhodium QuIC Space (Quality, Industry Compatible Space) Process is aligned with FDA protocols to enable sample replicates, analytical fidelity, reliable ground controls, and increased return on investment.
Science Subject Matter Experts
“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
We have access to space through multiple U.S. and international platforms. From first-time spaceflight to scale-up programs, Rhodium Scientific supports all steps of a mission through post-flight analytics. Our portfolio of proven, NASA flight-certified hardware includes the first high-throughput lunar and Martian gravity centrifuge and FDA-aligned laboratory equipment.
Space Biotech at the Speed of Business
Our agreements allow for rapid launch sequences to support biotech timelines and the academic calendar. We are the only commercial space provider to complete turn-key missions within approximately a one-year timeline.
National Security
Rhodium offers classified and unclassified missions for defense agencies, including past performance with DARPA, DTRA, DoD Space Test Program and U.S. Air Force Academy, providing secure, rapid access to space to support national security priorities.
Key Past Performance
Successfully executed and supported more than 35 science & technology space biotech and technology development missions for academia, industry, workforce development, and defense clientele.
Spaceflight certification of more than 15 bioscience facilities and hardware. Real-time ISS operations from Rhodium Scientific’s mission control have ensured hardware functionality, scientific results, and astronaut crew time efficiency.
Prime contractor successfully completing 3 DoD Other Transaction Awards for the prototype of space processes through missions in biomanufacturing, aerospace medicine, and synthetic biology within a one-year time frame.
Over the past 5 years, established and operated over 7 national and international space launch programs on a 12-month cycle. These programs expanded the space biotech user base, enabled non-traditional ISS researchers, and trained 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, FDA 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 mission readiness timelines.
Mission-critical applications spanning biomanufacturing, aerospace medicine, synthetic biology, 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.