Founded in Pittsburgh in 2007, Astrobotic Technology builds spacecraft for lunar delivery, including landers, rovers and power infrastructure designed to support activity on the Moon. Its 47,000-square-foot North Side complex is dedicated to lunar logistics, where more than 130 employees build and operate these systems alongside navigation, machine-vision and other space technologies. Astrobotic has secured more than 60 NASA, Department of Defense and commercial contracts worth over $600 million, and launched the first U.S. commercial lunar lander to operate in space.
ProtoInnovationsFounded in 2005 by roboticist Dimitrios Apostolopoulos, Pittsburgh’s ProtoInnovations develops modular autonomous robotics for extreme environments on Earth, the Moon and Mars. Its work spans flight-supported mobility software, planetary rovers, robotic wheels and tools, with NASA’s VIPER lunar rover among the missions supported by its autonomy and control technology. More than two decades of systems engineering and field testing underpin the company’s focus on safe, efficient operation in difficult terrain.PITTSBURGH, PA
Rocket LabFounded in 2006 by engineer Sir Peter Beck, Rocket Lab is a Long Beach-headquartered space company that designs and manufactures rockets, spacecraft, satellite components and space systems while providing launch and on-orbit mission services. Its Electron small launch vehicle has delivered more than 200 satellites to orbit, while the company develops the reusable Neutron medium-lift rocket and operates launch sites in New Zealand and Virginia. Rocket Lab also manufactures space solar power systems in Albuquerque and spacecraft in an 11,000-square-foot Long Beach cleanroom, giving it an unusually vertically integrated path from mission design to orbit.SILVER SPRING, MD
Voyager TechnologiesVoyager Technologies builds mission-critical defense and space systems, spanning propulsion, advanced electronics, orbital infrastructure and spectrum-dominance technologies for missions from Earth to the Moon and beyond. Founded in 2019, the Denver-based company has grown by bringing twelve specialized aerospace and technology companies into its enterprise. Voyager says its systems and services have supported more than 2,000 space missions for customers in over 35 nations, including work through the Bishop Airlock, the first and only permanent commercially owned module on the International Space Station.CLEVELAND, OH
ArgotecFounded in Turin by David Avino in 2008, Argotec designs, builds and operates small satellites for Earth orbit and deep-space missions, while also developing human-spaceflight solutions and related space services. Its SpacePark headquarters in San Mauro Torinese is an in-house satellite factory spanning more than 11,000 square meters, with capacity for over 50 satellites a year. Argotec’s LICIACube and ArgoMoon missions carried its microsatellites into deep space, and its ISSpresso project brought the first coffee machine to the International Space Station.LARGO, MD