Spaceflight Hardware
Overview
Intrinsyx engineers and delivers flight-certified hardware for NASA and commercial missions, supporting end-to-end processes from vendor fabrication to integration, testing, and flight readiness. We operate under strict NASA configuration management standards, ensuring traceability, quality assurance, and compliance with ISS and mission-specific requirements. Our team manages procurement, inspection, limited assembly, and pre-ship reviews across hardware built for microgravity and deep space environments.
Rodent Research
Since 2017, Intrinsyx has supported NASA’s Rodent Research program by designing, building, and sustaining critical spaceflight hardware used in the transport and habitat of live animals aboard the International Space Station. These flight systems ensure safe launch, on-orbit operations, and return of rodent payloads for life sciences research in microgravity.
Cost-Effective Flight Hardware Build
Fabrication of core flight hardware: Habitat, Transporter, Access Unit
Efficient Hardware Sustaining
Full lifecycle support: Spares, Refurbishment, Cleaning, Flight-Ready Delivery, Verification & Validation
Hardware Upgrade
Intrinsyx developed a full end-to-end camera control system, enhancing NASA’s machine vision capabilities for the Rodent Research program: Integrated NVIDIA single-board computer, custom control board and power board, and all supporting integration, testing, and V&V.
Fruit Fly Lab
Fruit Fly Lab (FFL) is a compact life sciences experiment designed to study genetic and physiological responses to spaceflight using Drosophila melanogaster (fruit flies). The platform integrates 1080p HD video capture, environmental sensors (temperature, humidity, CO₂, O₂), scheduler firmware, and the STELLA command/data interface.
Hardware Integration & Innovation
FFL-1: Centrifuge-based system simulating both 1G and microgravity environments, Express Rack compatible
FFL-2, FFL-3, HEART FLIES: Vial-based soft stowage platform housing 5,500 flies across 90+ genetic mutations
Flight-Proven & Sustainment
Intrinsyx supported refurbishment and flight readiness for four spaceflight missions, including full environmental monitoring and payload verification.
BioCulture System
The BioCulture System is a flight-certified, ten-cassette fluidic platform designed to support advanced cell science research aboard the International Space Station. Intrinsyx contributed to the engineering and system integration of this modular platform across two successful flight missions.
Hardware Engineering & System Development
Supported end-to-end system integration, including fluidic systems, firmware, and cassette-level engineering
Developed and tested ground and flight hardware to meet ISS payload interface and operational requirements
Assisted in science verification testing, demo flight prep, and mission level V&V procedures for launch readiness
Platform Replication & Support Systems
Contributed to development of the PI Start Kit, a ground-based BIOS replica supporting experiment development and hardware verification
Provided support for a three-cassette prototype system integrating hardware, firmware, and graphical user interface (GUI)
BioSentinel
Launched aboard NASA’s Artemis I mission in November 2022, BioSentinel is a 6U CubeSat and the only biological experiment spacecraft traveling into deep space. It continues its journey – gaining 16 million miles from Earth each year – while studying the effects of deep space radiation on living organisms.
ISS Payload Retrofitting
Engineers at Intrinsyx retrofitted the biosensor payload for compatibility with the ISS Express Rack, enabling ground-based and orbital testing environments.
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