Cosmos Pioneering, LLC

Employee size

2-10

Organization type

Partnership

Headquarters

Damascus, MD

Founded

2012

Founded by Chattanooga-born electronics hacker Andrew Reed, Cosmos Pioneering makes the Cosmoneer, a programmable desktop spacecraft simulator that brings spacecraft design and mission challenges within reach of classrooms, makerspaces, and home workshops. Its spherical, hackable platform uses open-source hardware and software to mimic spacecraft systems in a simulated zero-gravity setting, letting users build and program missions without the cost or risk of an actual launch.

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