The Exploration Company 🇩🇪 Hiring · 105 open roles ↗
Full-stack space transportation platform featuring a reusable space capsule and a high-thrust rocket engine.
About The Exploration Company
The company develops a full-stack space transportation platform, featuring a reusable space capsule designed for docking with space stations and a high-thrust rocket engine intended for competitive launch capabilities. Key technologies include reusable thrusters, advanced avionics, and a carbon-based thermal protection system for re-entry and recovery.
The Exploration Company is a Germany-based company founded in 2021, now around 503 people. It has raised $660.6M in disclosed funding, starting with a Seed in 2021. FundFinder classes it as DeepTech & Space.
Founded by Hélène Huby (Founder & CEO; repeat founder; previously Airbus, Airbus Defence and Space; ENA - Ecole nationale d'administration), Jon Reijneveld (Co-Founder & Chief Engineer; previously Airbus, Airbus Defence and Space; Graz University of Technology), Artur Koop (Co-Founder and Lead Operations; previously Airbus Defence and Space, NASA Ames Research Center; Technical university Munich).
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