Aspen Ideas Festival | Ariel Ekblaw joins Rebecca Hu-Thrams and Tammy Ma to discuss the big bets that could redefine how humanity powers and sustains the future.

CNN | Ariel Ekblaw discusses Orbital Biolab, in-space manufacturing, and scaling up space infrastructure on Fareed Zakaria GPS.

Fox Business | SpaceX's record-setting IPO fuels a Cambrian explosion in the space economy, as discussed by Aurelia Institute CEO Ariel Ekblaw on Mornings with Maria

StarTalk | Can we put the data centers in space? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly map out the future of human habitation, research, and industry in low Earth orbit with Ariel Ekblaw, founder and CEO of the Aurelia Institute.

Washington Post | At the inaugrual Building America Summit, Ariel Ekblaw spoke with Megan McArdle about her ambition to build the world’s largest habitat in space and how space technology could improve life on Earth.

Wall Street Journal | At the Future of Everything 2026, Ariel Ekblaw explores how self-assembling structures could make orbiting research habitats a reality, unlocking scientific and medical breakthroughs that only the weightless environment of space can deliver.

The Most Interesting Thing in AI | Space architect Ariel Ekblaw thinks that space is the place for AI data centers. But can this idea take off? A podcast interview with The Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson.

Semafor | Ariel Ekblaw speaks at Semafor World Economy 2026

Aurelia Institute | Aurelia awards Tycho the $20,000 global design competition’s top prize for designer Will Root’s scalable architecture for permanent human civilization in orbit

NPR | On the Short Wave podcast, Ariel Ekblaw talks to Regina G. Barber about how Aurelia Institute and spinout company Rendezvous Robotics are working to build self-assembling space architecture to off-world industries like agriculture and manufacturing in order to build a better Earth.

Bloomberg | On The Close with Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld, Ariel Ekblaw discusses how Aurelia and Rendezvous Robotics are leading the paradigm shift to self-assembling space architecture.

Via Satellite | Ariel Ekblaw joins the On Orbit podcast to discuss the autonomous, modular tiles that Rendezvous Robotics is developing to dock and build structures in space.

WBUR’s On Point | Ariel Ekblaw talks with Meghna Chakrabarti and Christian Davenport about public-private partnerships and the emerging space economy

The Naked Scientists Podcast | Interview with Annika Rollock on TESSERAE and the engineering challenges of building space habitats.

Shaping Science Podcast | Ariel Ekblaw joins New York Academy of Sciences President Nicholas Dirks to discuss the complexity and promise of modern space exploration.

TechCrunch | Rendezvous Robotics has launched to commercialize and scale TESSERAE self-assembling technology

Wall Street Journal | Attractive windows, improved sleeping quarters and other amenities will make housing in orbit feel more like a cabin than a tin can

Financial Times | An orbital industrial revolution is under way, says Ariel Ekblaw in an op-ed

MIT News | Aurelia Institute, founded by a team from MIT, serves as a research lab, an education and outreach center, and a policy hub for the space industry.

My Modern Met | Space Garden is a fascinating concept where common garden plants are grown inside pods that make up a low-Earth-orbit greenhouse.