Trailblazing Astrona​utics

Industry & Research Hubs

• NASA – In-Situ Resource Utilization Overview – Technologies for converting lunar resources into water, fuel, and construction materials.

• ESA – Space Resources & Moonlight Initiative – ESA’s lunar resource and comms/navigation infrastructure programs.

• Factories in Space – Directory of companies in microgravity manufacturing, ISRU, and asteroid mining.

Commercial Tech & ISRU

• Lunar Resources – Metal additive manufacturing and regolith processing for off-world construction.

• Additive Manufacturing of Lunar Regolith – Research on light-sintered, reconfigurable building blocks from lunar soil.

Infrastructure & Power

• ESA – Moonlight Initiative – Continuous lunar comms/navigation coverage for exploration and industry.

• NASA – Lunar Nuclear Reactor Plans – Plans for a 100 kW surface reactor at the Moon’s South Pole by 2030.

Academic & Visionary Projects

• FarView: In-Situ Manufactured Lunar Radio Array – Concept for a 200 km² far-side observatory built from lunar materials.

• Upcycling Space Debris via Additive Manufacturing – Converting metallic space debris into usable structures in orbit.

Industry Momentum

• Wired – Future of In-Space Manufacturing – Commercial growth in crystal growth, pharma, and semiconductor manufacturing in orbit.

 

🚀 Companies of Interest

• Aegis Aerospace – Provider of spaceflight hardware and ISS/commercial station payload integration.

• Ad Astra Rocket Company – Advanced electric propulsion systems

• Agile Space – Propulsion systems for spacecraft and landers

• Airbus Defence and Space – Satellites, space transportation, and exploration systems

• Arianespace – Commercial launch services (Ariane, Vega, Soyuz)

• Astrobotic – Lunar delivery and surface systems

• Astrocaria – Space technology R&D and consulting

• Astrolab – Developer of the FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform rover for surface exploration.

• Axiom Space – Developer of commercial space stations and ISS modules

• Ball Aerospace (a subsidiary of BAE) – Spacecraft, instruments, and advanced space systems; now part of BAE Systems.

• Blue Canyon Technologies – Small satellite and spacecraft systems

• Blue Origin – Developer of the Blue Moon lander, Transporter space tug, and human spaceflight systems.

• Boeing Space and Launch – Developer of CST-100 Starliner and ISS/Artemis program elements.

• E-Space - Making a seismic shift in LEO space system design to fundamentally change communications coverage, performance, throughput and total system cost

• Intuitive Machines – Lunar lander and lunar services company

• Inversion Space – Reusable reentry capsules for rapid Earth return

• Karman+ – Focused on asteroid mining and space resource utilization technologies.

• Lockheed Martin Space – Human spaceflight, planetary exploration, and nuclear space power projects

• L3Harris – Canoga Park (formerly Rocketdyne) – Space propulsion and power systems

• Lunar Outpost – Mobile robotic systems for lunar and planetary missions

• Maxar – Earth intelligence and space infrastructure

• MDA – Robotics, satellite systems, and space infrastructure

• Moog Space and Defense – Supplier of precision motion control for spacecraft and launch systems

• NASA – U.S. civil space program advancing human exploration, science, and technology.

• Northrop Grumman Space Systems – Prime contractor for Artemis Gateway HALO and other space systems.

• Paragon Space Development Corporation – Life support and thermal control systems for crewed spacecraft and habitats.

• Redwire Space – Specializes in in-space manufacturing, deployable structures, and space infrastructure.

• Rocket Lab – Launch services and satellite platforms

• Sierra Space – Builder of the Dream Chaser spaceplane and inflatable habitat modules.

• SpaceX – Reusable launch vehicles, spacecraft, and satellite networks

• Starlab – Commercial space station project (Voyager and Airbus partnership)

• Ten One Aerospace – Advanced aerospace propulsion and systems

• Thales Alenia Space – Space systems, satellites, and modules

• The Aerospace Corporation – Federally funded R&D center for space systems

• Vast Space – Developer of large-scale commercial space stations

• UAE Space Agency - UAE civil space program advancing human exploration, science, and technology.

• Voyager Space – Space infrastructure and mission services​