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Europe’s first orbital cancer lab planned to study tumours in space
Updated On: 24 January, 2026 09:07 AM IST | Berlin | Agencies
The facility will operate in low Earth orbit and focus on experiments that gravity-bound labs cannot perform; the company says the lab will shorten the timeline between discovery and therapy by unlocking new biological insights
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An illustration of the space lab. Pic Courtesy/Spark Microgravity
SPARK Microgravity GmbH revealed plans to build Europe’s first dedicated commercial orbital cancer laboratory.
The facility will operate in low Earth orbit and focus on experiments that gravity-bound labs cannot perform.

