technology

Space bioreactor hardware

Biological production and life-support hardware developed and flight-tested aboard the ISS as a technology precursor to closed-loop food systems for long-duration space missions.

Where it's used

Mars closed-loop food systems
A thin, ISS-hardware-stage category — biological food-production and closed-loop life-support hardware developed for the International Space Station as a technology precursor to Mars-mission food systems — two confirmed vendors building the flight hardware, both still at ISS-demonstration rather than Mars-deployment stage.
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