The SpaceLab headquarters was located in Bern, the capital of Switzerland, and was housed in one of the newest buildings in the city center with a futuristic design.
This initiative was founded in 2038. It was first conceived by Rhionen Industries, one of the most progressive technology company groups at the time (and which had now been renamed into RMI), before becoming independent and got more backings from other world's leading companies.
Because outer space was a new domain that attracted humankind in modern times, both government and the private sectors throughout the world were racing to be part of the journey, to put their marks in this new territory and be the firsts to claim the new world. Space exploration was considered the new renaissance.
The competition among those initiatives was quite similar to when Columbus and Magellan were competing to be the first man to sail around the world and prove that the earth was round.