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Inocua Space Systems was founded with a singular scientific imperative: to enable humanity's search for extraterrestrial life without contaminating the very environments we set out to discover.
Under Article IX of the 1967 United Nations Outer Space Treaty, spacefaring nations are legally bound to avoid harmful contamination of celestial bodies. As missions target ocean worlds such as Europa and Enceladus, or the ancient riverbeds of Mars, the stringency of these protocols has escalated exponentially.
Inocua Space engineers hardware architectures that satisfy COSPAR Category IV-a, IV-b, and IV-c specifications, ensuring that any payload carrying sensitive life-detection instruments maintains a probability of non-sterility of less than 1 in 10,000.
Madrid cleanroom envelope maintains fewer than 352 particles ≥0.5µm per cubic meter (ISO Class 4 baseline).
Total Mass Loss (TML) < 0.1% and Collected Volatile Condensable Material (CVCM) < 0.01% under ASTM E595.
Nanogram-scale quartz crystal microbalances monitor flight instruments throughout assembly and encapsulation.
Our multidisciplinary team brings together deep-space planetary scientists, cleanroom bio-physicists, and veteran spacecraft systems engineers.
Ph.D. Astrobiology, Universidad Complutense • Ex-ESA Senior Planetary Protection Officer
Over 22 years authoring planetary protection protocols for Mars rovers and icy-moon flyby trajectories. Advisor to COSPAR Panel on Planetary Protection (PPP).
M.Sc. Aerospace Systems, Cranfield University • Ex-Airbus DS Thermal-Vacuum Lead
Specialist in cryogenic mechanisms, hermetic bio-barrier latch systems, and high-vacuum autoclave chamber architecture.
Ph.D. Surface Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute • ESA-ESTEC Research Fellow
Pioneer in UVGI-induced microbial spore fragmentation and real-time outgassing characterization using laser-induced fluorescence.
Dipl.-Ing., ISAE-SUPAERO Toulouse • Certified ISO 14644 Auditor
Manages over 2,200 m² of controlled integration environments across Madrid and Toulouse, overseeing payload bio-encapsulation workflows.
Our facilities are certified under European space standards and equipped to handle instruments from nanosatellite clusters to full-scale rover chassis.