| Focus Areas: | Commercial Service Providers, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Technology Development |
| Contact: | Danielle Rosales Corporate Relations Manager |
| Phone: | 833-428-2646 |
| Email: | info@spacetango.com |
| Website: | http://www.spacetango.com |
Space Tango is an industry leader in automated systems pursuing health and technology manufacturing in microgravity. Since 2017 through a NASA Space Act Agreement, Space Tango has provided facilities to support iterative R&D and manufacturing on the International Space Station. Through an integrated and established approach, Space Tango works alongside its diverse partner base to embrace pathways to on-orbit production yielding valuable and transformational solutions for humanity.
Space Tango has launched over 150 investigations in the following areas:
- Cell Culture
- Thin-Film Manufacturing
- Protein-based Artificial Retina Manufacturing
- Flow Chemistry
- Tissues Chips
- Plant Science
- Microbiology
Cubelab™ Capabilities
CubeLabs™ provide a standardized platform for iterative R&D in microgravity. This automated hardware allows us to translate Earth-based science for microgravity.
- TangoScope™ (Automated Microscopy)
- Thermal Management Systems
- Fluid Management Systems
- Optical Imaging
- Cell Culture Bags
- Well Plates
- Incubators
- IO Boards (designed specifically for each mission)
A cell culture CubeLab investigation (left), and the resulting TangoScope raw fluorescence images of hematopoietic stem cells (right) throughout their time on the International Space Station. This investigation is in partnership with the UC San Diego NASA ISSCOR Program.
Operational Capabilities
- ISS Locker facilities (“TangoLab”) to host CubeLab investigations and provide power/data capabilities
- Certified flight facility (“PAUL”) to ensure power during transport phases on both crew and cargo vehicles
- Mission Control for operations and commanding to support the Launch, On-Orbit and Return phases
- Partner portal to access near-real-time CubeLab investigation data
- Class 10,000 & Class 1,000 Clean Room
- Fully Equipped BSL 2 Certified Lab
- Vibration Table
- In-House Production and Machine Shop
- Launch and Sample Return Operations: NASA Kennedy Space Center – Cape Canaveral, FL; NASA Wallops Flight Facility – Wallops, VA
TangoLab facility (left) accompanied by a CubeLab on the International Space Station, and a PAUL facility (right). 
