# Stellar Amenities

> Stellar Amenities is a space architecture R&D and market intelligence company founded in 2019 by space architect Anastasia Prosina. It works on the human layer of spaceflight: keeping people alive, healthy, and productive inside the vehicles and habitats being built now. Clients include commercial space station providers, aerospace primes, government agencies, space technology startups, investors, Fortune 500 companies, architecture and engineering firms, and film and museum productions.

## Key facts

- Founded 2019 by Anastasia Prosina (https://aprosina.com), space architect and former visiting researcher at the MIT Media Lab Space Exploration Initiative
- Headquartered in San Francisco, California; works with clients worldwide
- Focus areas: habitat systems, crew health and performance, and commercial space market intelligence
- Stellar Amenities Lab: a private R&D lab that matures crew health and habitation technology through the mid-TRL gap (TRL 4 to 6), builds it in house, and owns equity in the resulting products
- Founding advisor of the Lab: a former NASA Director of Technology Maturation (part of the Lab; not yet named publicly)
- Public projects: tactile wayfinding for blind and low vision astronauts with AstroAccess (tested on ZERO-G parabolic flights); a deep-pressure sleep countermeasure tested in parabolic flight; interior habitation design for the MIT Media Lab TESSERAE self-assembling space station; advisory for Ethereal Matter's MEK haptic EVA training platform; early technical hiring for Reflect Orbital; scientific world-building for the film "Planet" with Story Inc and for Maelstrom II
- Work featured in Scientific American, The Washington Post, Aerospace America, BBC Science Focus, Discover, Interesting Engineering, and by the European Space Agency
- Most client engagements are under NDA

## Core pages

- [About](https://stellaramenities.space/about)
- [Capabilities](https://stellaramenities.space/capabilities): services and how to work with us
- [The Lab](https://stellaramenities.space/frontier-lab): Stellar Amenities Lab
- [Research](https://stellaramenities.space/research): space architecture insights
- [Projects](https://stellaramenities.space/projects): case studies
- [Team](https://stellaramenities.space/team)
- [Philosophy](https://stellaramenities.space/philosophy)
- [Publications](https://stellaramenities.space/publications)
- [News](https://stellaramenities.space/news)
- [Investors](https://stellaramenities.space/investors)
- [Contact](https://stellaramenities.space/signup#contact)

## Industries

- [Aerospace](https://stellaramenities.space/industry-aerospace): commercial LEO destinations, government agencies, and space technology companies
- [Architecture and Engineering](https://stellaramenities.space/industry-architecture-engineering): competitive advantages derived from space
- [Education and Entertainment](https://stellaramenities.space/industry-education-entertainment): scientifically accurate space environments for museums and film
- [Market Intelligence](https://stellaramenities.space/industry-market-intelligence): guidance for VCs, startups, corporate innovators, and newcomers

## Insights

- [The Quantifiable Return: Measuring ROI in Space Habitat Design](https://stellaramenities.space/insight-roi)
- [The A&E Firm's Guide to NASA and Commercial Space Contracts](https://stellaramenities.space/insight-ae-guide)
- [Space Architecture Decisions and Long-Term Competitive Positioning](https://stellaramenities.space/insight-positioning)
- [Lunar Commercialization: Strategic Positioning in the New Space Economy](https://stellaramenities.space/insight-lunar)
- [We Need a New Business Model for the Space Frontier](https://stellaramenities.space/insight-business-model)
- [A layer no one is responsible for: in conversation with Niki Werkheiser](https://stellaramenities.space/insight-niki-layer)

## Founder

- [Anastasia Prosina](https://aprosina.com)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anastasia-prosina)