Space Life Sciences

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Ames Flight Research Center, Bionetics provides full operational support to biological and physical research programs. While NASA’s mission is refocusing on new destinations, Bionetics employees are hosting renowned researchers from around the world who are preparing experiments to fly aboard the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. These experiments lay the foundation for living and working on the Moon and Mars. Our research encompasses human, plant, aquatic, tissue, cells, vertebrate and invertebrate studies.

Bionetics employees are responsible for definition of the researchers’ laboratory needs, outfitting the laboratory to meet those needs and assisting investigators in research activities. Our staff is comprised of engineers and technicians and scientists trained in a variety of research areas. Our expertise includes critical compliance areas such as laboratory safety, environmental compliance, chemical management, and reliability and maintainability. We have supported hundreds of experiments flown since 1970, beginning with the Planetary Protection for the Voyager spacecraft.

Another key Bionetics role is serving as the facilitator for commercial and international space research at Kennedy Space Center. Together with our partners, Bionetics is developing a strategy to collaborate with industry, the State of Florida and university researchers to concentrate the best expertise in biological research. By bringing together space research experience with world-class researchers, Bionetics pursues the science and technology needed to continue our exploration of the universe.