Targeting late June 2026. Final date set in the launch week.
We’re learning how to grow tough, useful crops beyond Earth, starting with cannabis.
Spaceflight conditions plus plant science. Expose, measure, select, validate traits back on Earth. The pipeline has matured. The data exists. We are the first commercial program applying it to cannabis.
Carried out across decades of missions by multiple space programs. A reliable base of flight-tested genetic data.
Officially released through space-breeding programs. Hundreds more across vegetables, fruits, forestry, and flowers.
Grain output gain credited to space-bred staple varieties. The methodology works at scale. Cannabis is the next chapter.
Seven stages per cycle. Each cycle generates a fresh dataset. Each dataset compounds. Real-time updates run in the portal.
Pre-launch preparations and payload assembly
Rocket ascends carrying genetic samples to space
Capsule returns and samples are retrieved
Lab examination of genetic modifications
Optimal variants identified for cultivation
Real-time data and findings published
Cycle begins again with refined parameters
Mission history and upcoming launches
First orbital attempt. Cannabis seeds reached a 520 km sun-synchronous orbit aboard MAYASAT-1; reentry capsule lost on recovery after three orbits. Lessons folded into MG-J26 Horizon capsule design.
Suborbital test ahead of Horizon. Passive payload flew on Genesis SFL G-1 from Esrange, Sweden. 260 km apogee, eight minutes of microgravity, same-day recovery. Capsule design and recovery validated.
The genetic-baseline mission. Nine-month NEO exposure aboard a Genesis SFL capsule. Comparative analysis covers mutation frequency, epigenetic shift, and early-generation heritability — the baseline dataset for every mission that follows.
October 2026 cycle aboard a Genesis II SFL capsule. Contract signed; payload manifest to be confirmed.
Planned 2027 cycle (first window). Third programmed flight. Mission design open.
Second 2027 cycle. The inheritance phase: returning F1 lines from prior orbital cohorts to Earth for full lineage characterization. Mission profile and payload to be confirmed.
Collaborating with industry leaders
The scientific bench guiding the program
Former UCSF Assistant Professor and founding director of the Gladstone Bioinformatics Core. Expert in genomics and population genetics, driving innovation in cannabis breeding and cannabinoid disco…
CEO of Innexo BV, a research platform driving cannabis and molecular-farming innovation.
Plant tissue culture scientist and CSO at Segra International; clean-stock systems and commercial micropropagation.
Co-discovered anandamide; five decades advancing cannabinoid chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Director of the Cannabis Research Institute at the University of Illinois; plant tissue culture, micropropagation, applied cannabis research.
Operators and counsel across cultivation, law, policy, genetics, and culture
Corporate and cannabis lawyer, founder of AV Legal; M&A, venture capital, regulatory.
Former two-term Czech National Drug Policy Coordinator.
Cultivator and genetics specialist known for phenotype selection and program development.
VP of US Business Development at Segra International; tissue culture and genetics.
CEO of Charlie's Lab GmbH; senior operator in the Swiss hemp sector.
CEO of Phylos Bioscience; genomic mapping, cultivar stabilization.
Forbes contributor; founder of Hoban Law Group. Cannabis policy strategist advising governments and industry across 30+ countries.
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