https://www.spacebandits.io/industries/biosphere Dated, sourced milestones from the biosphere companies Space Bandits tracks. en https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/cemvita-factory cemvita-factory/2026-06-02/Completes a 75,000 litre FermOil run at a European pilot plant Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Completes a 75,000 litre FermOil run at a European pilot plant. Source: https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/cemvita-successfully-demonstrates-75000-liter-industrial-scale-up-of-fermoil-platform-using-crude-glycerin-a-byproduct-of-biodiesel-production https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/cemvita-factory cemvita-factory/2026-03-18/Sumitomo do Brasil signs a Brazil bio-oil agreement Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT Sumitomo do Brasil signs a Brazil bio-oil agreement. Source: https://biomassmagazine.com/articles/sumitomo-corporation-do-brasil-and-cemvita-partner-to-integrate-production-of-bio-methane-and-bio-oil-a-precursor-of-saf-in-brazil https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/vast vast/2026-03/Raises $500M, a $300M Series A plus debt, led by Balerion Space Ventures Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT Raises $500M, a $300M Series A plus debt, led by Balerion Space Ventures. Source: https://spacenews.com/vast-raises-500-million-for-commercial-space-station-development/ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/vast vast/2026-02/Completes the Haven Demo mission with a controlled deorbit into the South Pacific Sun, 01 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT Completes the Haven Demo mission with a controlled deorbit into the South Pacific. Source: https://www.vastspace.com/updates/haven-demo-mission-complete-successful-deorbit-validates-path-to-haven-1 https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/vast vast/2025-11/Haven Demo, an uncrewed pathfinder, flies on Bandwagon-4 to validate Haven-1 systems Sat, 01 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT Haven Demo, an uncrewed pathfinder, flies on Bandwagon-4 to validate Haven-1 systems. Source: https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/11/01/live-coverage-commercial-space-station-demo-data-center-precursor-to-launch-on-spacex-bandwagon-mission/ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/interstellar-lab interstellar-lab/2025-04-08/Vast selects Eden 1.0 plant capsule for the Haven-1 lab Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT Vast selects Eden 1.0 plant capsule for the Haven-1 lab. Source: https://www.vastspace.com/updates/vast-announces-three-additional-payload-partners-for-the-haven-1-lab-jamss-interstellar-lab-and-exobiosphere https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/interstellar-lab interstellar-lab/2024-08-19/Wins $750,000 grand prize in NASA Deep Space Food Challenge Mon, 19 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT Wins $750,000 grand prize in NASA Deep Space Food Challenge. Source: https://payloadspace.com/interstellar-lab-wins-deep-space-food-challenge/ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/spacepharma spacepharma/2024-03/EIC Accelerator awards a €2 million grant for SPACTORY Fri, 01 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT EIC Accelerator awards a €2 million grant for SPACTORY. Source: https://evolutioneurope.eu/success-stories/spacepharma-spactory/ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/interstellar-lab interstellar-lab/2023-09-28/Robertet buys the first BioPod sold to an industrial customer Thu, 28 Sep 2023 12:00:00 GMT Robertet buys the first BioPod sold to an industrial customer. Source: https://www.perfumerflavorist.com/news/fragrance/news/22874519/robertet-sa-robertet-acquires-aicontrolled-biofarm-developed-by-interstellar-lab https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/cemvita-factory cemvita-factory/2023-09/United Airlines signs an offtake for up to a billion gallons of fuel Fri, 01 Sep 2023 12:00:00 GMT United Airlines signs an offtake for up to a billion gallons of fuel. Source: https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/clean-fuels/14092023/cemvita-corporation-announces-offtake-arrangement-with-united-airlines/ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/vast vast/2023-05/Announces Haven-1, a single-module commercial station, and a crewed Vast-1 visit on Dragon Mon, 01 May 2023 12:00:00 GMT Announces Haven-1, a single-module commercial station, and a crewed Vast-1 visit on Dragon. Source: https://www.vastspace.com/updates/vast-announces-the-haven-1-and-vast-1-human-spaceflight-mission-launched-by-spacex-on-a-dragon-spacecraft https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/spacepharma spacepharma/2023-03-14/CUTISS skin cell experiment flies to the ISS on CRS-27 Tue, 14 Mar 2023 12:00:00 GMT CUTISS skin cell experiment flies to the ISS on CRS-27. Source: https://tech.eu/2023/03/18/cutiss-has-skin-in-the-space-game-with-new-study-on-the-international-space-station/ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/cemvita-factory cemvita-factory/2023/Gold H2 completes its spin-out as a separate company Sun, 01 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT Gold H2 completes its spin-out as a separate company. Source: https://houston.innovationmap.com/cemvita-gold-h2-prabhdeep-singh-sekhon-2668104107.html https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/cemvita-factory cemvita-factory/2022-09-27/Forms the Gold H2 subsidiary after a Permian gold hydrogen field test Tue, 27 Sep 2022 12:00:00 GMT Forms the Gold H2 subsidiary after a Permian gold hydrogen field test. Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220927005409/en/Cemvitas-Successful-Field-Test-Demonstrates-Gold-Hydrogen-Production-in-Situ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/cemvita-factory cemvita-factory/2022-08/Pivots out of space, dropping in-space biomanufacturing Mon, 01 Aug 2022 12:00:00 GMT Pivots out of space, dropping in-space biomanufacturing. Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20220812131639/https://www.cemvitafactory.com/ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/spacepharma spacepharma/2022-04-08/ICE Cubes lab installed on the ISS via Axiom-1 Fri, 08 Apr 2022 12:00:00 GMT ICE Cubes lab installed on the ISS via Axiom-1. Source: https://bsgn.esa.int/2022/04/07/spacepharma-launching-to-iss-on-axiom-1/ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/axiom-space axiom-space/2022-04/Ax-1, the first all-private astronaut mission, docks with the ISS for a 17-day stay Fri, 01 Apr 2022 12:00:00 GMT Ax-1, the first all-private astronaut mission, docks with the ISS for a 17-day stay. Source: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/first-private-astronaut-mission-takes-flight/ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/leap-biosystems leap-biosystems/2022-04/Serves as payload integrator and trainer for Mark Pathy's Ax-1 mission Fri, 01 Apr 2022 12:00:00 GMT Serves as payload integrator and trainer for Mark Pathy's Ax-1 mission. Source: https://creativedestructionlab.com/blog/cdl-alumni-stories-leap-biosystems/ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/interstellar-lab interstellar-lab/2022-03-07/Raises $5 million seed round to scale BioPod manufacturing Mon, 07 Mar 2022 12:00:00 GMT Raises $5 million seed round to scale BioPod manufacturing. Source: https://techstartups.com/2022/03/07/us-french-space-tech-startup-interstellar-lab-raises-5m-build-closed-loop-sustainable-living-systems-earth-space/ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/cemvita-factory cemvita-factory/2021-08/Closes the first tranche of a Series A led by 8090 Partners Sun, 01 Aug 2021 12:00:00 GMT Closes the first tranche of a Series A led by 8090 Partners. Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/houston-based-cemvita-factory-announces-its-initial-closing-of-series-a-led-by-8090-partners-to-accelerate-industrial-decarbonization-301352881.html https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/interstellar-lab interstellar-lab/2021-01/BioPod closed-loop growth system unveiled Fri, 01 Jan 2021 12:00:00 GMT BioPod closed-loop growth system unveiled. Source: https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/21/01/ab19338191/interstellar-lab-unveils-biopod-the-most-advanced-ai-monitored-food-production-system-for-earth-a https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/spacepharma spacepharma/2020-09-03/DIDO-3 microgravity research satellite reaches orbit Thu, 03 Sep 2020 12:00:00 GMT DIDO-3 microgravity research satellite reaches orbit. Source: https://www.jpost.com/health-science/israel-makes-history-launchs-dido-iii-satellite-into-space-640918 https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/cemvita-factory cemvita-factory/2019-08-15/Occidental's venture arm takes an equity stake Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:00:00 GMT Occidental's venture arm takes an equity stake. Source: https://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/panorama/oxy-low-carbon-ventures-invests-in-cemvita-20190823/ https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/leap-biosystems leap-biosystems/2019-06/Dave Williams, physician and two-flight shuttle astronaut, becomes president and CEO Sat, 01 Jun 2019 12:00:00 GMT Dave Williams, physician and two-flight shuttle astronaut, becomes president and CEO. Source: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/astronaut-dave-williams-announced-ceo-leap-biosystems-williams https://www.spacebandits.io/startups/cemvita-factory cemvita-factory/2018-10-17/Takes second place in the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre challenge Wed, 17 Oct 2018 12:00:00 GMT Takes second place in the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre challenge. Source: https://satelliteprome.com/news/mohammed-bin-rashid-space-centre-honours-space-technology-startup-winners-of-innovation-challenge-at-gitex/