The Exploration Company

The Exploration Company licensed LEAP 71’s Noyron RP Large Computational Engineering Model under a five-year renewable agreement signed March 2026 for the design of next-generation rocket engines.

LEAP 71 partnered with The Exploration Company to co‑create and validate a Computational Engineering Model (CEM) for rocket and orbital engines; LEAP 71 supplies its Noyron computational engineering system and generated designs to The Exploration Company for validation against real engine hardware and operations.

The Exploration Company and LEAP 71 entered a partnership to co‑develop a physically and practically validated computational engineering model for rocket and orbital engines; The Exploration Company provides real engine programs and testbeds that help validate and enable LEAP 71's Computational Engineering Model.

ESA awarded The Exploration Company a study contract under its commercial cargo program; ESA acts as customer/funding agency enabling the startup to mature a cargo capsule concept.

ESA awarded The Exploration Company a ~€25 million contract under its commercial cargo initiative (LEO Cargo Return), funding development work on Nyx and enabling the company’s cargo-to-ISS and commercial-station capability development.

Spaceium and The Exploration Company agreed to use The Exploration Company's Nyx vehicle as a host for a Spaceium servicing module; Spaceium will provide in-space servicing/refueling infrastructure that will be hosted on Nyx (agreement reported with Nyx hosting planned in 2026).

Spaceium and The Exploration Company announced a partnership for in-space servicing; Spaceium will work with The Exploration Company to develop servicing capabilities (docking/refueling and related services) that enable Nyx’s in-orbit servicing roles.

The Exploration Company agreed to host Spaceium's servicing module on its Nyx vehicle/station host; The Exploration Company's Nyx will act as a host platform for Spaceium's in‑space servicing hardware (agreement / partnership reported publicly).

The Exploration Company supplies cargo services using its Nyx vehicle to Vast for its second Haven space station, with a signed agreement for a mission targeting 2028.

The Exploration Company partners via MoU to provide Nyx cargo vehicle services for cargo transport to and from Haven-2 (announced 2024, operations as early as 2028).

The Exploration Company will provide Nyx cargo services to Vast for Haven cargo needs; Vast announced a partnership to use Nyx as a cargo delivery solution supporting Haven operations and future station logistics.

Vast contracted/partnered with The Exploration Company for Nyx cargo services supporting Vast's Haven stations; The Exploration Company will serve as a cargo-service provider to Vast while also being a commercial partner in station logistics (Vast supplies docking/mission opportunities and Exploration Company supplies transportation).

Thales Alenia Space is a fellow awardee under ESA’s commercial cargo program; ESA selected both Thales Alenia Space and The Exploration Company to advance concepts for cargo transport to/from the ISS and commercial stations — a program-level relationship where both companies advance complementary commercial cargo concepts funded by ESA.

Under ESA’s commercial cargo awards both Thales Alenia Space and The Exploration Company were selected to develop cargo vehicle concepts; The Exploration Company will supply ESA-sponsored cargo/return concept work that sits alongside Thales Alenia Space’s program work and may interact on ESA commercial cargo objectives.