Orbital Dragon is a modular space station located in Low Earth Orbit, designed as the world’s first dedicated platform for space-based sports and life sciences research. It offers a unique environment to explore athletic performance, movement, and training in Martian gravity conditions – paving the way for new disciplines and competitions, including the vision of future Space Olympics. At the same time, Orbital Dragon serves as a research facility for biomedical science, studying human physiology, adaptation and recovery in space, with new opportunities for space medicine, biotechnology and performance optimization on Earth. Orbital Dragon creates a new kind of platform: part lab, part arena, part experience.
Location:
Low Earth Orbit
Year:
2025
Status:
Design
Mentoring:
Vienna University of Technology
Design Team:
Florencia Camara, Andreas Benedikt, Benedikt Haab