DreamUp PBC is a Public-benefit corporation that offers space-based educational and media services. DreamUp is a spin-off and sister company of Nanoracks LLC, a private company that develops products and offers services for the commercial utilization of space. DreamUp aims to provide in-space opportunities to non-professionals who've never had access to space before - students, teachers and those using crowd-sourcing to fund space projects. Under Nanoracks' umbrella, DreamUp customers launched over 400 educational projects conducted on the NASAInternational Space Station. The customer base spans more than 36 U.S. states and 15 countries. Via its launch partner Nanoracks, DreamUp has access to research opportunities on the U.S. National Lab on board the InternationalSpace Station. In March 2016, Carie Lemack was announced as CEO and Cofounder of DreamUp. Previously, Lemack co-founded Global Survivors Network and Families of September 11, and produced the Academy Award-nominated documentary film, Killing in the Name. Following Carie Lemack's departure as CEO, Allen Herbert, Jr. was appointed as Interim CEO in August 2019. DreamUp is part of XO Markets, a holding company for commercial space exploration.
Platforms
International Space Station
DreamUp provides access to facilities on the International Space Station that include:
Nanoracks MixStix - 2U NanoLab research modules are dedicated to provide housing for up to twenty four individual Fluids Mixing Enclosures allowing all microgravity reactions and materials to be captured for analysis on the International Space Station or returned to Earth via the Soyuz.
Nanoracks Microscopes Facility – one optical microscope and one reflective microscope currently housed in research rack assemblies on the ISS which provide a USB-connection to astronaut laptop computers for analysis and downlink of image and video data to terrestrial laboratories.
Nanoracks Platforms – include both standard space-capable lab racks to provide power and data transfer capabilities as well as CubeLabs Modules experimental platforms. Several standard rack sizes are available to accommodate nanoscale research in microgravity experiments that require various amounts of rack volume.
Launches
DreamUp provides its customers with the opportunity to participate in the myLAUNCH experience, a launch viewing event organized in collaboration with NASA and Nanoracks for missions to the International Space Station via SpaceX, Northrop Grumman, and other launch providers. DreamUp myLAUNCH events to date:
Orbital ATK's Cygnus CRS OA-6: DreamUp customers attended the OA-6 launch where DreamUp and Nanoracks flew five payloads through California-based Valley Christian Schools, an experiment from Carmel Christian High School in Matthews, North Carolina, an experiment from the Surya Institute in Indonesia, and an experiment from the SMA Unggul Del School in Indonesia.
