The Exploration Company (TEC) is a Franco-German spacecraft manufacturer founded in 2021 with the mission to democratize space exploration. They are developing, manufacturing, and operating the Nyx space capsule, a modular and reusable orbital vehicle designed for cargo transport to destinations like the ISS and future commercial space stations, with future capabilities for human transport and lunar missions. TEC aims to provide affordable and sustainable space transportation services and has secured contracts with major players like ESA and NASA. Key words: Space capsule, reusable spacecraft, cargo transport, space logistics, Nyx, ESA, NASA.
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The ESA commercial cargo program awarded contracts for initial studies to Thales Alenia Space and The Exploration Company on 2024-05-22, a little more than six months after ESA announced it would formally begin the program.
Hélène Huby, chief executive of The Exploration Company, intends to fly to the space station in 2027 and has started work on the final spacecraft that is planned to undergo a preliminary design review this summer.
The Exploration Company raised $44,000,000 in a Series A financing round in early 2023.
The Exploration Company is a startup developing spacecraft to transport cargo to and from Earth orbit and cislunar space.
The European Space Agency awarded study contracts worth about 25,000,000 EUR each to Thales Alenia Space and The Exploration Company on 2024-05-22.
The Exploration Company opened a U.S. office led by Mark Kirasich, a former NASA official whose roles at the agency included being Orion program manager.
Helene Huby is the CEO of The Exploration Company.
Mark Kirasich is responsible for overseeing all aspects of The Exploration Company’s operations in the United States.
The Exploration Company has appointed Mark Kirasich as the VP of U.S. Operations.
Mark Kirasich held key leadership positions at NASA and Blue Origin prior to joining The Exploration Company.
The Exploration Company completed a $40,500,000 Series A funding round in February 2023.
In September 2023, The Exploration Company signed a cargo services pre-booking agreement with Axiom Space.
The Exploration Company’s latest test campaign took place with cooperation and support from DLR-Institut für Raumfahrtantriebe, Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), and the European Space Agency (ESA).
The Exploration Company is a European commercial space company developing, manufacturing, and operating a reusable space capsule called Nyx.
The Exploration Company plans to fly a small reentry demonstrator later 2024.
The Exploration Company raised 40,500,000 EUR in February.
The Exploration Company plans to develop commercial vehicles for transporting cargo to and from space.
Orbit Fab plans to work with lunar exploration company ispace on propellant harvesting and delivery.
The exploration company is raising 40.5 million euros in a Series A round to develop its vehicle Nyx for cargo transport to low Earth orbit.
The Exploration Company raised 40,500,000 EUR in a Series A round in February and is developing a series of capsules with a goal of sending one to the ISS as soon as 2027.