TED Talk | Is space the “final frontier” — or the perfect place to revolutionize life on Earth? Space architect Ariel Ekblaw reveals how self-assembling structures could build orbiting real estate in space dedicated to solving humanity’s greatest dilemmas on Earth, leading to scientific and medical breakthroughs only possible in zero gravity.
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.
The Aurelia team with the life size TESSERAE space habitat mockup
Fabricating and building at the Autodesk Technology Center Boston
Testing zero-g orientation during the Aurelia Horizon 2022 flight
TESSERAE in the ISS cupola — photo taken during the Axiom-1 mission
