# Anastasia Prosina

> Anastasia Prosina (Russian: Анастасия Просина) is a Russian-American space architect, commercial strategist, and founder and CEO of Stellar Amenities, a human spaceflight R&D and market intelligence consultancy focused on outfitting lunar habitats. She works with space station providers, aerospace primes, and Fortune 500 companies. She is a 2026 Evermay Future Fellow.

## Key facts

- Founder and CEO of Stellar Amenities (founded 2019): https://stellaramenities.space
- Former visiting researcher at the MIT Media Lab Space Exploration Initiative, where she contributed to the TESSERAE self-assembling space habitat project
- Co-author, with Ariel Ekblaw, Dava Newman, and Joseph Paradiso, of the paper that received the 2020 AIAA Best Professional Paper Award in Space Architecture
- Named to Payload's Pioneers 30 Under 30 list in 2023
- Designed tactile wayfinding for blind and low vision astronauts with AstroAccess, tested on ZERO-G parabolic flights
- Selected by the Aurelia Institute and MIT for a 2024 zero-gravity flight to test Space Hug, a deep-pressure sleep countermeasure for astronauts
- Technical expert at the European Space Agency's Accessibility in Human Spaceflight webinar (2023)
- Chaired AIAA ASCEND Space Architecture sessions (2022, 2023); member of the AIAA Space Architecture Technical Committee since 2017
- Author of the forthcoming book Space Wombism: The Next Billion Years of Human Shelter, with a foreword by Frank White
- Education: MS in Space Architecture, Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture, University of Houston (2019); B.Arch in Urban Planning, Novosibirsk State University of Architecture, Design and Arts (2018)
- Work featured in The Washington Post, Scientific American, BBC Science Focus, Aerospace America, Discover, Universe Today, and Interesting Engineering

## Pages

- [About](https://aprosina.com/info): full biography
- [Book](https://aprosina.com/space-wombism): Space Wombism: The Next Billion Years of Human Shelter
- [Publications](https://aprosina.com/publications): papers and research
- [Press](https://aprosina.com/press): media coverage
- [Speaking](https://aprosina.com/speaking): talks and keynotes
- [Work With Anastasia](https://aprosina.com/working-with): advisory and consulting
- [Media Kit](https://aprosina.com/media-kit): approved bios and photos
- [Contact](https://aprosina.com/contact)

## Selected coverage

- [Payload Pioneers 2023: Anastasia Prosina](https://payloadspace.com/payload-pioneers-2023-anastasia-prosina/)
- [BBC Science Focus: The race to establish the first Moon base](https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/moon-base-race)
- [Aerospace America: Staying Alive](https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/features/staying-alive/)
- [Universe Today: What Does it Mean to Be a Space Architect?](https://www.universetoday.com/articles/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-space-architect)
- [The Washington Post: Snark Tank](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/07/28/silicon-valley-startup-roast/)

## Profiles

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anastasia-prosina)
- [X](https://x.com/anaprosina)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9nW9IDQAAAAJ)
- [ResearchGate](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anastasia-Prosina)