Space BD› offers Microgravity Utilization Platform
ServiceOperating Status: Currently Offered
End-to-end microgravity experiment service on the ISS Kibo module, from planning to sample return.
The microgravity utilization platform is a paid-use channel to the Japanese Experiment Module Kibo on the International Space Station, supporting life-science and materials research from mission planning through on-orbit operation and sample return. Space BD handles consolidated procedures, transport to recovery, and contingency support with a specialist team.
Applications include protein crystal growth, cell-function and aging research, and containerless materials processing, and the company operates JAXA-contracted high-quality protein crystal growth experiments. A separately developed low-earth-orbit general-purpose experiment system, selected under Japan's Space Strategy Fund from 2025, targets more accessible orbital experiments from 2029.