Pioneer Astronautics, acquired by Voyager Space in 2021, is an aerospace research and development company focused on inventing and proving new technologies to advance humanity's reach into space and improve life on Earth. They specialize in areas like lunar dust mitigation, extraterrestrial metals processing, and in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), with a focus on technologies that enable sustainable lunar exploration. Pioneer Astronautics has executed R&D programs for NASA, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Energy, and they are currently working with NASA to test dust repellent coatings for lunar missions. Associated keywords: aerospace, research and development, lunar exploration, ISRU, dust mitigation.
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Voyager Space Holdings acquired Pioneer Astronautics, a company that develops technologies to make human life sustainable in outer space.
Under its NASA contract, Pioneer Astronautics will build and demonstrate hardware to produce oxygen and steel from lunar regolith.
Voyager Space Holdings acquired Pioneer Astronautics on 2020-07-13.