Pythom Space is a Swedish-American aerospace company developing a complete space transportation system, including rockets, landers, and spaceships, aimed at supporting human exploration of the solar system.
Location: Zug, Switzerland Bishop, California, USA
Impulse Space Propulsion is redefining in-space transportation with cutting-edge orbital transfer vehicles and last-mile delivery services. By providing reliable, cost-effective solutions, the company enables faster access to final orbits, supporting commercial, defense, and scientific missions in an evolving space economy.
Location: Redondo Beach, California, USA
Adventus Interstellar, founded in 2020 and based in Luxembourg, focuses on developing rover-landing systems utilizing tensegrity structures to achieve ultra-low-cost space transportation solutions. The company emerged from the Argentinian space competition "Open Space" and has been recognized by the European Space Resources Innovation Centre's Start-up Support Programme. Their notable project, Pulqui XXI, aims to perform the smallest and most cost-effective lunar landing to date.
Location: Luxembourg
Planetary Transportation Systems (PTS), founded in 2009 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, is an aerospace company specializing in developing reusable space-based infrastructures to support future exploration. Formerly known as PTScientists, PTS developed the robotic lunar lander "ALINA" with the goal of facilitating affordable lunar missions.
Location: Berlin, Germany
The Exploration Company, founded in July 2021 and headquartered in Munich, Germany, and Bordeaux, France, is a Franco-German aerospace manufacturer developing reusable and refillable spacecraft. Their flagship project, Nyx, is designed to serve space stations and support missions between Earth and lunar stations, aiming to make space exploration more affordable, modular, and sustainable.
Location: Munich, Germany, and Bordeaux, France