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 Exploration Company is developing an initial demonstration mission for its Nyx Earth cargo capsule.
The Exploration Company plans Nyx spacecraft variants for cargo transport to lunar orbit and the Moon’s surface and for crew transport to and from low Earth orbit.
The Exploration Company has published a vacancy for a US Export Control Officer to navigate International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
The Exploration Company is hiring an Environmental Control and Life Support System engineer for its Nyx Crew program.
The Exploration Company has published dedicated job openings for the development of a future crewed variant of its Nyx spacecraft.
All three of The Exploration Company’s initial Nyx Crew job openings are based in Houston, Texas.
NASA’s Johnson Space Center and several commercial space station operators are among the partners near The Exploration Company’s Houston hiring location.
The Exploration Company presented a full-scale model of its Storm next-generation launcher engine at ILA in Berlin.
The Exploration Company is developing a future satellite launcher.
The Exploration Company plans to reveal the Storm engine and provide more details on Yrene at the ILA Berlin Air Show.
Yrene will use Storm engines developed by The Exploration Company.
The Exploration Company was founded in 2021.
The Exploration Company is developing Yrene, a reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle.
The Exploration Company’s main project is Nyx, a capsule designed to carry cargo and, in the future, human crew to space stations.
The Exploration Company’s new Yrene rocket is an affordable and reusable heavy launcher powered by the Storm engine.
The Exploration Company completed a drop test in the Mojave Desert for its Nyx cargo spacecraft development program on May 19.
The Exploration Company used a dedicated Drop Test Vehicle to mimic Nyx’s mass and aerodynamic profile during the drop test.
The Exploration Company’s Nyx cargo spacecraft is being built to deliver cargo to space stations in orbit and return cargo, science experiments, and materials manufactured in space to Earth.
The Exploration Company’s spokesperson said that Yrene is a long-term concept and that the company’s short- and medium-term focus is on its capsule and propulsion technologies.
An image on The Exploration Company’s website shows Yrene’s first stage powered by nine Storm engines.