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 Martian Grow orbital attempt. Cannabis seeds reached Sun-synchronous orbit at 520 km on 23 June 2025 aboard Genesis SFL's MAYASAT-1 biological payload, launched from Vandenberg, California on SpaceX's Transporter-14 mission. SpaceX delivered the payload to orbit successfully; after three orbits the reentry capsule was lost during recovery on 24 June 2025. Lessons applied to the MG-J26 Horizon capsule design and recovery procedures.
Suborbital test flight ahead of MG-J26 Horizon. A passive Martian Grow payload flew aboard Genesis SFL's G-1 mission from Esrange Space Center, Sweden, on 31 May 2026. Apogee approximately 260 km, eight minutes of microgravity, same-day recovery. Recovery protocol validated; biological samples, flight data, and onboard footage returned for post-flight analysis. The capsule design and recovery procedures carry forward into the MG-J26 Horizon orbital mission.
The genetic-baseline mission. MG-J26 Horizon carries a cannabis seed payload to near-Earth orbit aboard a Genesis II SFL capsule for a nine-month exposure. Comparative analysis focuses on mutation frequency, epigenetic shift, and early-generation heritability, establishing the baseline dataset for the missions that follow.
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 and founder of the pioneering Hoban Law Group. Internationally recognised cannabis policy expert and strategist, advising governments and industry leaders across more than 30 cou…
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