Evolution Space is a private American aerospace company specializing in solid propulsion systems and small launch vehicles for both defense and space applications. As a vertically integrated company, they offer services encompassing design, development, manufacturing, and testing of solid rocket motors (SRMs). The company operates a propulsion production facility at NASA's Stennis Space Center and has demonstrated hypersonic capabilities, having passed the Kármán line with their Evo-4 rocket. Keywords associated with Evolution Space include solid rocket motors, propulsion systems, small launch, defense, and hypersonics.
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Evolution Space and The Spaceport Company previously collaborated last year on four sounding rocket launches with Evolution Space providing the propulsion systems.
Evolution Space signed an agreement to produce solid rocket motors at NASA’s Stennis Space Center.
The Evolution Space Propulsion Center is scheduled to enter active operations in 2024-04-01.
NASA’s agreement with Evolution Space provides Evolution Space access to NASA Stennis infrastructure and expertise to build its propulsion capabilities.
The Evolution Space Propulsion Center will host Evolution Space’s 200-gallon propellant mixer, provide propellant storage, and serve as an operational base for static fire testing using the E-3 Test Complex.
The Evolution Space Propulsion Center will repurpose former Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant facilities that NASA acquired in 2011.
Evolution Space will test its solid rocket motors at NASA Stennis Space Center’s E-3 Test Complex.
Evolution Space is the first company working on solid rocket motors to establish a presence at NASA’s Stennis Space Center.
Evolution Space signed an agreement to establish production and testing operations at NASA’s Stennis Space Center.
The 2023-05-22 launches used propulsion systems supplied by Evolution Space, a Mojave, California-based company developing solid-propellant launch vehicles for defense and space applications.
Evolution Space conducted its first launch that passed the 100-kilometer Kármán Line on 2023-04-22, reaching a peak altitude of 124 km.
The Spaceport Company hosted four sounding rocket launches with support from Evolution Space on 2023-05-22 from a platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
Evolution Space became the ninth privately funded U.S. company to pass the Kármán line and reach space.
The Gold Chain Cowboy vehicle was a 10-inch-diameter, 22-foot-tall, 900-pound solid rocket vehicle equipped with Evolution Space’s proprietary solid propulsion and flight systems.
The memorandum of understanding between Evolution Space and Xenesis is valued at $120,000,000 and was signed in May.
In May, Evolution Space conducted tests of a new suborbital vehicle that was built in three weeks for less than $50,000 and demonstrated improvement in the company’s guidance, navigation, and control system.
Evolution Space signed a memorandum of understanding with Xenesis to launch a small satellite constellation.
Under the $120,000,000 deal, Evolution Space will conduct five suborbital and 25 orbital launches for Xenesis beginning in 2025.
Evolution Space is developing small solid rockets using an iterative approach to deliver 250 to 450 kg to low-Earth orbit.
A subscale version of Evolution Space’s suborbital rocket cost about $70,000 to build.