MISSION LITTLE PRINCE: A unique mission to inspire humanity
Inspired by The Little Prince, Mission Little Prince is a symbolic and scientific journey led by Interstellar Lab in partnership with The Antoine de Saint Exupéry Youth Foundation. Its ambition is to carry the Little Prince’s iconic rose beyond Earth - growing roses in orbit, on the Moon, and on Mars.
Powered by advanced space biotechnology, the mission unites science and imagination to remind us that exploration is also an act of care. More than a scientific endeavor, Mission Little Prince is a message to future generations: life must be nurtured wherever humanity goes.
Interstellar Lab partnered with Vast to integrate its plant research payload Eden in Haven-1, scheduled to be the world’s first commercial space station launching in 2027. One of its crewed missions is planned to carry Mission Little Prince into orbit, where astronauts will grow roses in microgravity inside the Eden BioCapsule.
Interstellar Lab partnered with Astrolab to install Bloom on the lunar surface with flex rover. Mission Little Prince will be part of Astrolab’s mission 1.
Our final destination to send roses through space is the Red Planet itself, Mars. More on our partner coming soon.
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The next-generation BioPod Eden is a cutting-edge platform engineered for advanced life-science research on orbital stations. It pushes the frontiers of microgravity plant research by cultivating flora in zero-gravity conditions — generating critical insights for future lunar and Mars missions while delivering breakthroughs for Earth-based agriculture. At the heart of Eden lies Gaia, Interstellar Lab’s intelligent AI-driven operating system that autonomously monitors, controls, and optimizes the entire growth environment.
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Interstellar Lab has partnered with Vast, the company developing next-generation commercial space stations, to integrate its Eden plant growth chamber into Haven-1 Lab — scheduled to be the world’s first microgravity research, development, and manufacturing platform aboard a commercial space station. Eden will operate as an AI-controlled BioPod dedicated to pioneering plant growth research in microgravity. Inside the Eden chamber, Haven-1 crew will cultivate the Little Prince’s rose — which could become the first rose ever grown beyond Earth.
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Bloom is a standalone BioPod designed for life-sciences research on the lunar surface. Developed to resist extreme conditions, Bloom will help the development of a first manned base on the Moon by understanding how life can thrive when exposed to this environment
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Interstellar Lab partnered with Astrolab to install the payload on the lunar surface with the FLEX (Flexible Logistics and Exploration) rover. This is Astrolab's larger modular rover capable of completing a variety of different customer missions. FLEX will deploy payloads for Interstellar Lab and other Astrolab customers in the late 2028 timeframe.
Founded in 2018, Interstellar Lab is an American-French company on a mission to Green the Galaxy — preserving life on Earth and expanding it in Space. The company develops, manufactures, and operates advanced autonomous greenhouse systems for both terrestrial and space use. On Earth, it provides cosmetics and food & beverage companies with integrated high-yield platforms for sustainable production of plant-based ingredients. In space, Interstellar Lab delivers bioregenerative food production and plant research capabilities to orbital stations while pioneering the technologies needed to grow plants on the Moon and Mars, laying the foundation for sustainable human settlement beyond Earth.
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True to the spirit of the French author and aviator who championed a society based on respect for humanity, cultural diversity, cooperation, commitment, and individual responsibility, the Antoine de Saint Exupéry Youth Foundation carries out various projects around the world to improve the daily lives of young people and help them build a better future. This foundation, operating under the aegis of the Fondation de France, was established in 2009 by the heirs of the author of The Little Prince and his admirers from the fields of aviation and literature.
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