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Every habitat we work on comes down to a concrete checklist: air, sleep, food, movement, hygiene, and safety — the systems that actually keep a body alive and working where there is 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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Stellar Amenities works on the human layer of spaceflight: keeping people alive, healthy, and productive inside the vehicles and habitats being built right now.
Layout, volume, and material studies for long-duration crew habitats, informed by analog missions and behavioral research.
How spatial design affects sleep, cognition, and stress in isolated and confined environments.
Tracking demand signals across commercial stations, lunar programs, and agency procurement to guide where research effort pays off.
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 with the space ecosystem, one thing became clear: the work of outfitting space habitats — the human layer that keeps a crew alive and well — is chronically overlooked and underfunded. And the technologies that would actually get people there keep stalling halfway to readiness.
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.
Of the roughly $4.3B in the largest private space fundings in Q1 2026, only about $850M went to human spaceflight, 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.
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