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Every habitat we design carries the same working question: what does a body actually need to live somewhere with no air, no gravity, and no margin for error.
Our research maps how crew health, spatial design, and market demand should shape the next generation of space habitation.
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We run the full commercial arc: reading where demand actually sits, positioning a company against it, and carrying opportunities through to signed agreements — customer development, go-to-market, technical due diligence, and the specialized talent that closes deals. Our defining work is bringing non-space actors, from pharma to consumer to deep-tech, to a yes for space companies. Confidentiality is the default: every engagement runs under NDA, we honor non-competes, and we decline work with competing providers.
We work the human side of the vehicle — how a body holds up in orbit and how a habitat has to be built to keep it alive. That runs from human-performance and human-factors optimization, to viability review of concepts before capital is committed, to an executive workshop for teams entering the field, and the intelligence layer that turns crew-health evidence into design and procurement decisions.
A sample of client engagements. Most of our work is under NDA and we cannot disclose who we work with — where a client is named, it is with their permission. Click any row to open the project.
Imagery: NASA / SpaceX · public domain
“We were excited to meet someone of their caliber at NASA's Studio JPL. Their renders on space habitation and innovative concepts are impressive.”
“Applies a clever synergy between art and science in the Buckminster Fuller's manner.”
“Their vest tested on a parabolic flight could be the first step in understanding how pressure affects astronaut performance while working in space.”
“They consulted us on lunar architecture, rover design, and airlock design to ensure our production is scientifically realistic.”
“Brought us crucial early-stage technical hires for our deployable reflectors that were instrumental to our growth.”
“Liked their presentation at the Care in Space Challenge, and their deep pressure sleeping bag is clever.”
“ExPod project is an interesting take on the next generation of private quarters in space. The pressurized suit will be beneficial for long-duration missions.”
“Their work on the navigation system for AstroAccess is insightful and fundamental, not only for the space environment but for blind user accessibility everywhere.”
“Their deep pressure suit could solve a lot of bone and muscle loss issues while living and working in space.”
“Stellar Amenities balances rigorous engineering, human factors, and business acumen. That's what makes them successful.”
“TESSERAE interior design is looking fantastic. Love the galley tessellation concept.”
“Cool origami tactile environment solution for AstroAccess for blind navigation during microgravity.”
“We had a consultation with Stellar Amenities on sustainable materials for our new Biosphere 2 analog habitat.”
“Working with Stellar Amenities opened up new possibilities we hadn't considered. They helped us secure our first seven-figure NASA contract.”
“Very cool concept. The deep pressure sleeping bag! Would love to learn more of the correlation between pressure and sleep in microgravity.”
After nearly seven years working across the industry, one conclusion kept sharpening: outfitting space habitats — the human layer that keeps a crew alive and whole — is a chronically under-recognized and underfunded field. And the technologies that would actually get people there keep stalling at mid-TRL.
TRL — Technology Readiness Level — is NASA's 1-to-9 scale for how mature a technology is. Mid-TRL, roughly 4 to 6, is the valley between a lab demonstration and flight hardware, where promising crew-health and habitation research has historically stalled for lack of any institution built to carry it across.
The money makes the gap sharper. A large share of the investment that flowed into space in Q1 2026 went to launch and stations — and almost none to the habitat layer itself: the layer that actually keeps a body alive and whole inside. It is exactly the failure our founding advisor, Niki Werkheiser, former NASA Director of Technology Maturation, watched play out for 25 years.
So we built the institution on purpose. We mature crew-health and habitation technology through the mid-TRL gap, build it in-house, and hold equity in what comes out the other side — products we own, not deliverables handed off. Consulting fuels the early work; equity is the compounding engine.
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