About us

Space Applications activities cover manned and unmanned spacecraft, launch/re-entry vehicles, control centres, robotics and a wide range of information systems. The company takes responsibility for the complete project life-cycle from establishing customer needs, designing and selecting the most appropriate technology, assembling the best team to implement the project solution and, in some cases, operating the system for the customer.

The company has a strong focus on Research and Development with partners across Europe and a growing network across the other continents. We welcome opportunities for national and international research collaboration. The ICE Cubes Service delivered its first Customer to the International Space Station in 2018.

Our mission is to unlock the advantages of research in microgravity by providing an in-orbit testbed for new concepts, applications, products and solutions. We support a variety of customers in making their journeys to and in space easier and faster thanks to our proven end-to-end service.

Our vision is to make access to space straightforward and enable the democratisation of space. We strive to elevate your research and development and to make space a part of everyday value chains for benefits of us, Earthlings, on Earth and in space.

We value forward, ‘out-of-the-Cube’ thinking and ensuring reliability built on heritage, to make the future happen. Our playground is at the intersection of space, science, technology, engineering and AI, with a human and playful touch.

AANA’s legacy of successful projects in the Aerospace Industry allows to quickly define and implement customised hardware and software solutions to every User Interface problem.
Their expertise in human-machine interface design challenges related to highly automated and complex systems can be leveraged for development of research or technological solutions in ICE Cubes.
AANA works with the ISS National Lab and NASA to provide the ICE Cubes end-to-end service in the US.