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The Exploration Company described the flight as a 'partial success (partial failure)' in a LinkedIn announcement.
After passing Phase 1, The Exploration Company's subsystems teams are executing hardware tests in the testing facility and finalizing plans for the Phase 2 Safety Review in 2026.
Hélène Huby, Co-Founder and CEO of The Exploration Company, expressed gratitude for the DLR's support for the German space industry with this contract.
The Exploration Company (TEC) has been contracted by the DLR to carry scientific experiments with a total mass of 160 kilograms aboard the Nyx capsule.
The Exploration Company raised $160,000,000 on 2024-11-18 to fund development of its Nyx vehicle.
The Exploration Company raised a $160,000,000 Series B round from European investors, announced on 2024-11-18.
The Exploration Company raised $160,000,000 in a Series B funding round on 2024-11-18.
The European Space Agency awarded The Exploration Company a contract in May worth 25,000,000 EUR to begin design studies of a cargo transportation vehicle to transport cargo to and from the International Space Station.
The Exploration Company has announced cargo transport contracts with Axiom Space, Starlab Space, and Vast for their planned space stations.
The $160,000,000 Series B funding will support development of The Exploration Company’s Nyx cargo spacecraft.
The Exploration Company plans for later versions of Nyx to operate in cislunar space.
The Exploration Company has a backlog of more than $750,000,000 with commercial station companies and space agencies.
The $160,000,000 Series B round is the largest Series B by a space company in Europe and brings The Exploration Company’s total raised capital to $230,000,000.
The Exploration Company will use a different thermal protection system on future Nyx spacecraft that has already been tested on the ground.
Vast and The Exploration Company signed a cargo services agreement for a 2028 mission to Vast’s second Haven space station.
The Exploration Company won an ESA award to establish a commercial cargo spacecraft.
The inaugural Ariane 6 flight will deploy two reentry capsules, one developed by ArianeGroup and the other developed by The Exploration Company.
The Exploration Company completed Green Thruster testing in Poland in March 2024.
The Exploration Company completed a $40,500,000 Series A funding round in February 2023, which was a record Series A round for the European space tech sector.
Starlab Space announced a separate agreement with The Exploration Company covering three cargo missions to and from Starlab using the Nyx vehicle.