Lab tests tell you whether hardware works. We test how it performs with people, procedures and other systems under operational pressure. Validate technology, procedures and human performance at The Terminal in Delft. When the next question depends on terrain, isolation, duration or deployment logistics, advance to a field campaign designed around your objective.
Our test facility — open now for early-stage, proof-of-concept testing, with the permanent build-out in progress. Habitat, spacesuits, communications and mission control are installed and ready. Book anything from a few hours to a multi-day simulated mission.
Lava tubes, caves, glaciers and outback terrain — extreme environments used to reproduce specific lunar-relevant operational conditions. We design and run the full campaign around your experiment: site selection, logistics, crew, mission control. From concept to a crewed mission in as little as six months, depending on location
Our team’s expertise spans exogeology, astrobiology, space physics, mission operations and extreme-environment expeditions. Book talks, workshops, training sessions and student programmes.
Share the hardware, procedure or research protocol, preferred timing and the evidence you need. We’ll configure the appropriate Terminal format.
Discuss maturity, required conditions, crew involvement, data needs and constraints. We’ll recommend controlled testing, a field campaign, or a staged route between them.
General public mission participation: looking to join an eligible mission as an analogue astronaut? Reserve Your Slot.
Early prototypes, system integration, procedure development, human-in-the-loop testing
Integrated demonstrations, operational validation, research dependent on terrain or isolation
Accessible indoor setting, configurable mission scenarios, repeatable runs
Natural extreme environments selected around the mission objective
Deployable habitat, simulated spacesuits, communications, power, Mission Control
Campaign design, site selection, infrastructure, logistics, crew operations, Mission Control
Learn and iterate before adding the cost of a remote campaign
Understand how the complete system performs under realistic pressure
For researchers and organisations that need experiments, data or specialist support integrated into a mission.
Scope may include experiment integration, facility access, mission design, expert coordination, data collection and a post-mission debrief.
For early hardware, procedures, interfaces and human-factors work in a controlled environment.
Available formats may range from several hours to multi-day simulations.
For organisations that need a dedicated mission, extreme terrain, isolation or a full-scale operational demonstration.
The scope may include mission design, site selection, logistics, infrastructure, crew operations, Mission Control and research integration.
For individuals who want to take part in an eligible crewed mission format.
Currently published inclusions:
Max. 4 analogue astronauts per mission.
Current published duration & Recommended use
Several hours
Prototype checks, interfaces and procedures
3 days
Integrated crewed simulation
5 day
Extended protocols and research
7 days
Operational and human-performance studies
14 days
Long-duration research by arrangement
Technology Readiness Level, or TRL, is a 1–9 scale used to describe how far a technology has progressed from principle to proven operation.
The Terminal supports early proof-of-concept and operational preparation. When your next milestone requires demonstration in a relevant environment, ICEE.Space can design a field campaign around the required evidence.
technology, procedure or research question, its stage, and the decision the test must support.
facility setup, mission format, crew involvement, scenarios, data needs and specialist support, agreed before work begins.
conduct the test, then review observations, data and next steps against the original objective.
Tell us the objective, current maturity and evidence you need. We will recommend the shortest credible route.
