Company - Ecoatoms
Product/Service - Ecos
- Classification
- Miscellaneous
- Category
- In-Space Manufacturing
Hardware
Medical Support
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
- Fields
- Biotech
Biological Research
- Status
- Demonstrated
- First launch
- 2025
Hardware for Extraction and Reagent Mixing in Experimental Studies (HERMES)
- The HERMES automated genetic material extraction solution for diverse biological samples was developed by Ecoatoms to reduce astronaut time spent on R&D procedures. This innovation advances human-scale logistics and utilization in space, reducing significant costs and allowing astronauts to focus on critical missions while automation handles complex laboratory tasks with precision and consistency.
- NASA TechLeap Prize Announces Ten Winners of Space Technology Payload Challenge, 2025.
- Each winner can receive up to $500,000, plus the opportunity to flight test their technologies.