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PrivateFounded 2014 · Lexington, Kentucky, USAUpdated Aug 31, 2026

Space Tango

Develops and operates microgravity-optimized hardware and systems enabling on-orbit manufacturing and R&D.

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Builds automated systems and hardware platforms for research and manufacturing in microgravity; provides specialized payloads, facilities, and operational guidance for on-orbit production, including long-term partnerships for artificial retina manufacturing on the ISS via NASA InSPA awards.

Principal supply-chain role05 · In-Space Infrastructure

Servicing, refueling, stations, manufacturing, and the systems that make sustained activity possible.

Principal supply-chain role05 · In-Space Infrastructure

Builds automated systems and hardware platforms for research and manufacturing in microgravity; provides specialized payloads, facilities, and operational guidance for on-orbit production, including long-term partnerships for artificial retina manufacturing on the ISS via NASA InSPA awards.

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Space Tango customers & supported companies

Auxilium Biotechnologies Inc.supplierTell me more

Space Tango provided integration support and payload facility capability for Auxilium Biotechnologies' AMP-1 orbital bioprinter; Auxilium credited Space Tango as a partner in achieving on‑orbit printing and straightforward integration on the ISS (AMP-1 integration/operations enabling Auxilium's in-space manufacturing).

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Sierra Spacesupplies_or_servesTell me more

Space Tango makes its portfolio of automated in-space facilities available to Sierra Space customers (enabling those customers to run microgravity R&D and manufacturing on platforms Sierra Space provides or facilitates), per the companies’ strategic collaboration.

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NASAmission user / program customerTell me more

Space Tango is powering biological discovery on NASA’s Artemis II AVATAR mission and has been awarded/participates in NASA-funded InSPA projects; Space Tango supplies automated biological research and data services supporting NASA missions and NASA-funded projects.

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ISS National Labcustomer / program userTell me more

Space Tango provides Research-in-a-Box and CubeLab automated on-orbit laboratory services to ISS National Lab users and research customers, enabling investigators to run microgravity experiments on the ISS via Space Tango facilities.

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Space Tango program partners

LambdaVisioncustomer / program partner · program partner · 1 more roles3 connectionsTell me more

Space Tango partnered with LambdaVision on a NASA Phase II InSPA award to advance artificial-retina manufacturing in space; Space Tango supplies the automated in-space manufacturing facilities and operations support to LambdaVision’s NASA-funded artificial retina manufacturing efforts.

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Space Tango is a commercial on‑orbit laboratory partner that LambdaVision is partnering with (with NASA funding) to produce and explore microgravity manufacturing of LambdaVision's protein‑based artificial retina on the ISS U.S. National Laboratory.

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Space Tango partners with LambdaVision to design, build, and operate a microgravity-optimized layer-by-layer deposition device and provides specialized hardware platforms plus operational guidance for artificial retina manufacturing on the ISS, supported by NASA InSPA and related awards (ongoing since at least 2018, with multiple missions and Phase II award in 2025).

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Auxilium Biotechnologies Inc.mission user / payload operations partnerTell me more

Auxilium used Space Tango’s payload integration and on‑orbit operations capability for AMP‑1; Space Tango hosted/integrated the AMP‑1 payload on the ISS and supported the on‑orbit printing campaign, making Space Tango a mission user/operator partner served by Auxilium's payload outputs and experiment objectives.

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Sierra Spacestrategic partner / platform enablerTell me more

Sierra Space and Space Tango signed a memorandum of understanding enabling exploration of microgravity manufacturing opportunities; Sierra Space’s commercial space station (and customers) are explicitly identified as a platform that can host and enable Space Tango’s automated facilities for customers.

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Airbushardware partner / enabling supplier · strategic partner / enabling supplier · 1 more roles3 connectionsTell me more

Airbus’s my_biorack hardware portfolio (branded in the collaboration as Airbus ScienceBox) is integrated with Space Tango’s TangoLab facilities—Airbus supplies compatible hardware that enables additional experiment types within Space Tango’s automated payloads.

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Airbus Defence and Space and Space Tango established a partnership to integrate Airbus my_biorack hardware (Airbus ScienceBox) with Space Tango’s TangoLab facilities, enabling Space Tango to offer compatible microgravity lab hardware globally and expanding Space Tango’s ability to serve international users.

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Space Tango and Airbus established a partnership under which Space Tango offers its TangoLab facilities in combination with Airbus’s my_biorack hardware to Airbus customers and other end users, meaning Space Tango supplies in-space lab services compatible with Airbus hardware.

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ISS National Labprogram partner / enabling customer accessTell me more

ISS National Lab documents Space Tango’s Research-in-a-Box offering and highlights Space Tango’s access to ISS research capabilities and expertise, indicating the ISS National Lab is an enabling channel for Space Tango to reach researchers and customers on the station.

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