Exploration & Deep Space

Firefly Aerospace is an American launch and space systems company headquartered in Cedar Park, Texas, developing the Alpha small launch vehicle and the Blue Ghost lunar lander. Founded in 2017 by Tom

Intuitive Machines is a leading commercial lunar services company providing spacecraft, landers, and space infrastructure supporting NASA's return to the Moon. In February 2024, the company achieved a

ispace is a Japanese lunar exploration company developing commercial lunar landers and transportation services. The company's Hakuto-R Mission 2, named Resilience, launched on SpaceX Falcon 9 on Janua

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

Airbus Space and Defence (formerly EADS Astrium) is Europe's largest space systems company, headquartered in Toulouse, France with major operations in Bremen, Germany and Stevenage, UK. The division e

Aquarian Space, founded in 2021 and based in Los Angeles, is a space company focused on developing communications solutions for lunar and deep space environments. The company’s core business centers a

Argo Space Corp is a California in-space transportation startup, based in Hermosa Beach and founded in 2022 by SpaceX veterans Robert, Ryan and Kirby Carlisle. The company is developing Argonaut, a re

Arizona State University’s School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE), founded in 2006 and located in Tempe, Arizona, is a leading academic and research institution dedicated to the study of Earth,

Asteroid Mining Corporation, founded in 2016 and based in London, United Kingdom, is a space-resource company focused on the development of technologies for asteroid prospecting and mining. The compan

Astrobotic Technology is a Pittsburgh-based lunar logistics company providing delivery services to the Moon through NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. The company's Griffin Missi

AstroForge is an American asteroid mining company targeting platinum group metals (PGMs) — platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium — from near-Earth asteroids. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Hunti

Astroport Space Technologies, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas and founded in 2020, is a lunar surface infrastructure company developing sintering and construction technologies that use in-situ lun