Yuri ScienceTaxi BioSpin
Yuri
Centrifuge-equipped variant of ScienceTaxi enabling up to 38 individual life-science experiments per launch with adjustable simulated gravity.
Technical specifications
- Experiment capacity
- Up to 38 individual experiments per launch
- Gravity control
- Adjustable centrifuge gravity levels, referenced to Earth, lunar, or Martian gravity
- Temperature control
- Controlled temperatures with real-time data collection
- Development time
- Developed and tested for 3.5 years by Yuri's Luxembourg engineering team
- Maiden mission
- HUMB mission, Cygnus NG-23, launched September 2025
- Launch/transfer
- Launched on Cygnus; transferred to SpaceX Dragon while docked at ISS
About
ScienceTaxi BioSpin is Yuri’s centrifuge-equipped incubator facility, a variant of the ScienceTaxi platform. It can host up to 38 individual experiments per launch, with automated systems, controlled temperatures, and real-time data collection. The built-in centrifuge provides adjustable gravity levels, enabling comparative studies referenced to Earth, lunar, or Martian gravity. ScienceTaxi BioSpin premiered on the HUMB mission, launched aboard a Cygnus spacecraft on the Northrop Grumman NG-23 resupply mission in September 2025, where it operated aboard the ISS before being transferred from Cygnus to a SpaceX Dragon. The facility carried multiple ScienceShell experiment containers on its maiden mission, including commercial payloads from Astrobiome and Sophie’s Bionutrients.
Documentation
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