CompanyUnited StatesActive

Space Lab Technologies, LLC

U.S. company listed in Boulder, Colorado in agency award records, developing EcoMine bioregenerative mineral-mining concepts for lunar regolith, including rare-earth element recovery. NASA SBIR records show two Phase I awards and a Phase II award; the sources reviewed establish funded development rather than a completed lunar mining operation.

Targeted

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Resources and evidence

Each resource shows the highest step primary sources support. How the ladder works.

Resource	Evidence	Meaning
Regolith	Targeted	work aimed at it
Rare earths	Targeted	work aimed at it
Metals (general)	Targeted	work aimed at it

Demonstrated

The Phase I abstract lists proof-of-concept and benchtop validation as project objectives, not reported results. No retrieved source in this batch establishes successful extraction, a flown system or delivered space resources.

Claimed or planned

SBIR.gov describes EcoMine as a proposed lunar bioregenerative mining facility and EcoMine KREEP as development of rare-earth extraction and separation from non-polar lunar mare regolith. Phase I contracts are 80NSSC24PA312 and 80NSSC24PB445; Phase II contract 80NSSC24CA217 is titled EcoMine - Bioregenerative Mineral Mining from Lunar Regolith. The Phase II SBIR.gov abstract is null.

Facts

Headquarters: United States
Type: Company
Status: Activeas of 2026-06-30. The federal record for recipient SPACE LAB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC lists a Phase II EcoMine contract, last modified 2026-06-30, with a performance end date of 2027-05-31. SBIR.gov lists the same contract with an end date of 2026-09-30. Recent federal contract activity supports active development; the conflicting schedules do not establish completion, an extension or current corporate-register status.
Roles: Extraction, Processing / ISRU
Targets: Moon
Also known as: SPACE LAB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Dated events

Amounts are shown one at a time as each source states them. They are never added together.

2024-09-30
Space Lab NASA Phase II EcoMine contract
Government awardSpace Lab Technologies, LLCWith National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The federal record identifies NASA SBIR Phase II contract 80NSSC24CA217, signed 2024-09-30, for phase ii-ignite - ecomine - bioregenerative mineral mining from lunar regolith. As captured on 2026-10-31, the record reports USD 899,778 in total obligations; this is not a payment total or an amount established as newly obligated on the signing date.
Sources (6) and evidence gaps
1. [1]USAspending federal contract 80NSSC24CA217
  U.S. Department of the Treasury (USAspending.gov)Government recordAccessed 2026-10-31Supports: summary, resources, name
  PHASE II-IGNITE - ECOMINE - BIOREGENERATIVE MINERAL MINING FROM LUNAR REGOLITH
  Quote matched the source text when accessed.
2. [2]USAspending federal contract 80NSSC24CA217
  U.S. Department of the Treasury (USAspending.gov)Government recordAccessed 2026-10-31Supports: name, summary
  SPACE LAB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
  Quote matched the source text when accessed.
3. [3]USAspending federal contract 80NSSC24CA217
  U.S. Department of the Treasury (USAspending.gov)Government recordAccessed 2026-10-31Supports: summary
  "total_obligation":899778.0
  Quote matched the source text when accessed.
4. [4]USAspending federal contract 80NSSC24CA217
  U.S. Department of the Treasury (USAspending.gov)Government recordAccessed 2026-10-31Supports: date, status explanation, summary
  "date_signed":"2024-09-30"
  Quote matched the source text when accessed.
5. [5]USAspending federal contract 80NSSC24CA217
  U.S. Department of the Treasury (USAspending.gov)Government recordAccessed 2026-10-31Supports: status explanation, open evidence gaps
  "start_date":"2024-09-30","end_date":"2027-05-31"
  Quote matched the source text when accessed.
6. [6]EcoMine — NASA SBIR Phase II 80NSSC24CA217
  U.S. Small Business Administration (SBIR.gov)Government recordAccessed 2026-10-31Supports: open evidence gaps
  September 1, 2024 Award Start Date September 30, 2026 Award End Date
  Quote matched the source text when accessed.
- The structured amount is left unset because the captured value is cumulative total_obligation, not the amount newly awarded or paid on the original signing date. The attributed snapshot value is preserved in the summary.
- Contract performance and completed technical outcomes are not established by the award record.
- Performance schedules conflict for contract 80NSSC24CA217: SBIR.gov reports 2024-09-01 to 2026-09-30, while the captured federal record reports 2024-09-30 to 2027-05-31. The reason for the discrepancy is unresolved; neither an extension nor completion is inferred.

Open evidence gaps

Performance schedules conflict for contract 80NSSC24CA217: SBIR.gov reports 2024-09-01 to 2026-09-30, while the captured federal record reports 2024-09-30 to 2027-05-31. The reason for the discrepancy is unresolved; neither an extension nor completion is inferred.
The Phase II abstract is null on SBIR.gov; the award title and the separate Phase I abstracts establish scope, not completed Phase II outcomes.
Founding year, independently verified company website and corporate-register status were not established in this batch.
No completed extraction result, flight manifest or resource delivery is established by the reviewed sources.

Sources

9 excerpts from 4 publications

One web address counts as one publication.

[1]USAspending federal contract 80NSSC24CA217
U.S. Department of the Treasury (USAspending.gov)Government recordAccessed 2026-10-31Supports: summary, role, target bodies, resources, resource activity
PHASE II-IGNITE - ECOMINE - BIOREGENERATIVE MINERAL MINING FROM LUNAR REGOLITH
Quote matched the source text when accessed.
[2]USAspending federal contract 80NSSC24CA217
U.S. Department of the Treasury (USAspending.gov)Government recordAccessed 2026-10-31Supports: name, aliases, summary
SPACE LAB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Quote matched the source text when accessed.
[3]USAspending federal contract 80NSSC24CA217
U.S. Department of the Treasury (USAspending.gov)Government recordAccessed 2026-10-31Supports: status explanation, resource activity, open evidence gaps
"start_date":"2024-09-30","end_date":"2027-05-31"
Quote matched the source text when accessed.
[4]USAspending federal contract 80NSSC24CA217
U.S. Department of the Treasury (USAspending.gov)Government recordAccessed 2026-10-31Supports: headquarters country
"country_name":"UNITED STATES"
Quote matched the source text when accessed.
[5]EcoMine — NASA SBIR Phase I 80NSSC24PA312
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBIR.gov)Government recordAccessed 2026-10-31Supports: summary, resource activity, resources
The proposed EcoMine™ is a bioregenerative mining facility for use on the Lunar surface.
Quote matched the source text when accessed.
[6]EcoMine KREEP — NASA SBIR Phase I 80NSSC24PB445
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBIR.gov)Government recordAccessed 2026-10-31Supports: summary, resource activity, resources
In Phase I, Space Lab will demonstrate the technical feasibility of the EcoMine™ concept to autonomously, safely, and efficiently extract and separate REE minerals from non-polar Lunar mare regolith and prepare for future technology development.
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[7]EcoMine — NASA SBIR Phase II 80NSSC24CA217
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBIR.gov)Government recordAccessed 2026-10-31Supports: summary, resource activity
SBIR Phase II
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[8]EcoMine — NASA SBIR Phase II 80NSSC24CA217
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBIR.gov)Government recordAccessed 2026-10-31Supports: status explanation, open evidence gaps
September 1, 2024 Award Start Date September 30, 2026 Award End Date
Quote matched the source text when accessed.
[9]USAspending federal contract 80NSSC24CA217
U.S. Department of the Treasury (USAspending.gov)Government recordAccessed 2026-10-31Supports: status explanation, status date
"last_modified_date":"2026-06-30"
Quote matched the source text when accessed.

Cite this record

SpaceMiningData, “Space Lab Technologies, LLC”, dataset version a00fa2c68a45, built 2026-11-11, https://spaceminingdata.com/organizations/space-lab-technologies.html. Record checked 2026-10-31.