Two biological experiments designed by engineers at CU Boulder.

CU Boulder space yeast experiment featured on NPR

Dec. 6, 2022

The Artemis 1 spacecraft is in orbit around the Moon this week, carrying 12,000 varieties of yeast as part of an experiment led by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ. The yeast cells will help scientists answer a critical question in space exploration: How might human bodies fare in the extreme...

Tobias Niederwieser and Robby Aaron working on one of the FRIDGE units.

Smithsonian Magazine: The quest to build a functional, energy-efficient refrigerator that works in space

July 27, 2021

Smithsonian Magazine interviewed BioServe Research Associate Tobias Niederwieser for a new article on refrigerators aboard the International Space Station and other spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit. Niederwieser led work on BioServe's ISS FRIDGE, which has been...

Tobias Niederwieser

Niederwieser named to Space and Satellite Professionals "20 Under 35"

Sept. 17, 2020

Congratulations to BioServe Space Technologies Research Associate Tobias Niederwieser, who has been named to the 2020 Space and Satellite Professionals International "20 Under 35" list recognizing young space and satellite professionals! Niederwieser earned his PhD in aerospace engineering sciences from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ in 2018. He began working...

Two FRIDGE units

New FRIDGE could bring real ice cream to space

April 23, 2020

Astronaut ice cream, the crunchy, freeze-dried, pale imitation of the real thing may have met its match – the International Space Station is getting a real freezer. BioServe Space Technologies at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ is designing and building a space-rated refrigerator for astronauts to store experiments and, more importantly, tasty...