Category

Lunar

53 organizations working in lunar across the global space industry

AI SpaceFactory

operational
New York, United States Est. 2017

AI SpaceFactory is a space architecture and technology company that won NASA's 3D Printed Habitat Challenge ($500K). The company develops autonomous 3...

Airbus Space Exploration

operational
Bremen, Germany Est. 2000

Airbus Space and Defence develops spacecraft, satellites, and space exploration systems. Building the European Service Module for NASA's Orion spacecr...

Astrobotic

operational
Pittsburgh, United States Est. 2007

Astrobotic Technology is a Pittsburgh-based lunar logistics company providing delivery services to the Moon through NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Se...

Leadership: John Thornton (CEO)

Astrobotic Technology

operational
Pittsburgh, United States Est. 2007

Astrobotic develops lunar landers and delivery services as a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) provider. Carnegie Mellon spinoff founded i...

Astrolab

operational
Hawthorne, United States Est. 2019

Founded in 2019 and based in Hawthorne, California, Astrolab is a space robotics company focused on developing lunar rovers for cargo and crew transpo...

Astroport Space Technologies

operational
San Antonio, United States Est. 2020

Astroport Space Technologies develops construction materials and infrastructure for lunar and planetary surface operations. The company is pioneering ...

CAST

operational
Beijing, China Est. 1968

China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), established in 1968 and based in Beijing, is a leading Chinese organization dedicated to the research, desig...

Ceres Robotics

operational
Oakland, United States Est. 2017

Develops robotic lunar landers, rovers and software for surface exploration. Founded by former NASA Mars rover veteran. NASA CLPS contractor developin...

CesiumAstro

operational
Austin, United States Est. 2017

CesiumAstro develops active phased array communication systems for satellites, UAVs, and missiles. The company is developing LunaNet-compatible naviga...

Draper

operational
Cambridge, United States Est. 1932

Draper is an engineering organization providing navigation, guidance, and control systems for space missions. The company developed navigation systems...

EXOS Aerospace

operational
Caddo Mills, United States Est. 2014

Exos Aerospace, founded in 2014 and based in Caddo Mills, Texas, is a launch vehicle company focused on developing reusable suborbital launch vehicles...

For All Moonkind

operational
New York, United States Est. 2017

Protecting human heritage in outer space. Apollo landing sites preservation advocacy. UN recognition of space heritage sites. Legal framework developm...

Frontier Aerospace

operational
Simi Valley, United States Est. 2006

Frontier Aerospace, founded in 2006 and based in Simi Valley, California, is a propulsion company specializing in the development of storable bi-prope...

ICON

operational
Austin, United States Est. 2017

ICON is a construction technology company developing Project Olympus, a lunar construction system using robotic 3D printing with laser vitrification o...

ispace Europe

operational
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Est. 2017

ispace Europe is the European subsidiary of Japanese lunar exploration company ispace. Based in Luxembourg, the company supports ispace's lunar missio...

ispace Lunar

operational
Tokyo, Japan Est. 2010

ispace is a Japanese lunar exploration company developing commercial lunar landers and rovers. The company completed the first commercial lunar landin...

Kall Morris Inc

operational
Bethlehem, United States Est. 2020

Kall Morris Inc (KMI) is developing lunar infrastructure including the Lunar Forge for in-situ manufacturing on the Moon. The company focuses on using...

Lunar Outpost

operational
Golden, United States Est. 2017

Lunar Outpost develops lunar rovers and resource prospecting systems. The company's MAPP (Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform) rovers are designed ...

Moon Village Association

operational
Vienna, Austria Est. 2017

The Moon Village Association (MVA), founded in 2017 and based in Vienna, Austria, is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering international co...

MoonDAO

operational

MoonDAO is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) focused on crowdfunding and supporting space missions with the long-term ambition of establis...

Open Lunar Foundation

operational
San Francisco, United States Est. 2018

Founded in 2018, the Open Lunar Foundation is a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering a peaceful and cooperative human pre...

Space Nuclear Power Corporation

operational
Los Alamos, United States Est. 2001

Space Nuclear Power Corporation (SpaceNukes) is a US-based company specializing in the design and fabrication of fission reactor power systems for spa...

SpaceIL

operational
Tel Aviv, Israel Est. 2011

SpaceIL is an Israeli nonprofit organization that developed the Beresheet lunar lander. In 2019, Beresheet became the first privately-funded spacecraf...

SpaceX Starship

operational
Boca Chica, United States Est. 2012

Starship is SpaceX's fully reusable super heavy-lift launch system designed for missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Standing 120 meters tall with ...

Surrey Satellite Technology

operational

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) is a UK-based small satellite manufacturer celebrating over 30 years in business, founded in 1985. The company ...

Turkish Space Agency

operational
Ankara, Turkey Est. 2018

The Turkish Space Agency (TUA) coordinates Turkey's national space program. Turkey has launched Earth observation satellites and is developing lunar e...

Intuitive Machines

public
Houston, United States Est. 2013

Intuitive Machines is a leading commercial lunar services company providing spacecraft, landers, and space infrastructure supporting NASA's return to ...

Leadership: Steve Altemus (CEO

ispace

public
Tokyo, Japan Est. 2010

ispace is a Japanese lunar exploration company developing commercial lunar landers and transportation services. The company's Hakuto-R Mission 2, name...

Leadership: Takeshi Hakamada (CEO

Aquarian Space

development
Los Angeles, United States Est. 2021

Aquarian Space, founded in 2021 and based in Los Angeles, is a space company focused on developing communications solutions for lunar and deep space e...

CisLunar Industries

development
Boulder, United States Est. 2021

CisLunar Industries develops electromagnetic induction furnaces for in-space metal processing and recycling. The company is creating the METAL framewo...

Crescent Space Services

development
Denver, United States Est. 2023

Crescent Space Services, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, provides the Parsec cislunar communications and navigation network using a constellation of sma...

Leadership: Lockheed Martin Subsidiary

Dereum Labs

development
Mexico City, Mexico Est. 2019

Dereum Labs is a Mexican space startup focused on lunar resource extraction and In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) technologies. The company has part...

Dymon

development
Tokyo, Japan Est. 2018

Dymon, founded in 2018 and based in Tokyo, Japan, is a space technology company focused on the development of lunar exploration services. The company’...

Firefly Blue Ghost

development
Cedar Park, United States Est. 2021

Firefly Aerospace is a U.S.-based space company founded in 2021 focused on enabling launch, landing, and operations across space, with a particular em...

Firefly Defense

development
Cedar Park, United States Est. 2023

Firefly Defense is the defense-focused division of Firefly Aerospace, a U.S.-based space company founded in 2023, providing launch and space services....

Helios Israel

development
Tzur Yigal, Israel Est. 2018

Helios Israel, operating as Interlune, is a space-resource company founded in 2018 focused on the commercialization of lunar resources. The company is...

Interlune

development
Seattle, United States Est. 2022

Interlune develops technology to harvest helium-3 from the lunar surface. Plans to extract and return helium-3 for fusion energy and other application...

Lockheed Martin Habitation

development
Denver, United States Est. 2018

Lockheed Martin Habitation, established in 2018 and based in Denver, Colorado, focuses on the development of space habitats, specifically for lunar ap...

Lunasonde

development
Pasadena, United States Est. 2023

Lunasonde is a newly established (founded 2023) space technology company based in Pasadena, specializing in lunar prospecting rovers and subsurface im...

Maana Electric

development
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Est. 2018

Maana Electric develops solar panels and manufacturing equipment for lunar resources. Building technology to produce solar panels from lunar regolith....

Moon Express

development
Cape Canaveral, United States Est. 2010

Moon Express develops lunar landers for commercial exploration and resource extraction. The company aims to unlock lunar resources including water ice...

Northrop Grumman HALO

development
Dulles, United States Est. 2019

Northrop Grumman HALO, established in 2019 and based in Dulles, Virginia, is a business unit of Northrop Grumman focused on developing and delivering ...

Offworld

development
Pasadena, United States Est. 2016

Offworld, founded in 2016 and based in Pasadena, California, is a robotics company focused on developing autonomous robotic systems for resource extra...

Orbit Beyond

development
Edison, United States Est. 2018

Orbit Beyond develops configurable lunar landers (Z-01, Z-02) with 300+ kg payload capacity for NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) progra...

Orbital Space

development
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Est. 2019

Orbital Space, founded in 2019 and based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is a private aerospace company focused on providing launch services and CubeS...

Planetoid Mines

development
Reno, United States Est. 2003

Planetoid Mines develops patented ISRU technology for lunar and asteroid mining. The company created the Lunar Mining and Manufacturing Rover capable ...

Leadership: Kevin DuPriest (Founder)

Spacebit

development
London, United Kingdom Est. 2019

Spacebit is a UK-based space company founded in 2019 focused on lunar robotics and establishing a new economic model for space exploration. The compan...

Spartan Space

development
Grenoble, France Est. 2021

Spartan Space, founded in 2021 and based in Grenoble, France, is a space company focused on developing solutions for human intervention in extreme env...

Thales Alenia Space Gateway

development
Turin, Italy Est. 2019

Thales Alenia Space Gateway, founded in 2019 and based in Turin, Italy, is a business unit of Thales Alenia Space focused on the development of critic...

Venturi Astrolab

development
Hawthorne, United States Est. 2020

Venturi Astrolab develops the FLEX Rover, a lunar terrain vehicle featuring unique hyper-deformable wheels, 1,500 kg payload capacity, and 10-year ope...

Leadership: Jaret Matthews (CEO & Founder)

Volta Space Technologies

development
Montreal, Canada Est. 2020

Developing LightGrid satellite constellation to beam solar power to lunar surface via lasers. Enables spacecraft to survive two-week lunar night and o...

Masten Space Systems

defunct
Mojave, United States Est. 2004

Masten Space Systems developed vertical takeoff and landing vehicles and was selected for NASA's CLPS lunar program. The company filed for bankruptcy ...

PTScientists

restructured
Berlin, Germany Est. 2008

PTScientists (Part-Time Scientists) developed the ALINA lunar lander and Audi lunar quattro rovers. The German company competed in Google Lunar XPRIZE...