Panam In Space is developing polar-coordinate metal 3D-printing systems for building modular rockets and other large structures in space. Its largest machine has an eight-foot-diameter build platform, while smaller systems in development are aimed at commercial, university, and research users. The company’s broader vision is a rotating space city designed to provide artificial gravity and support on-demand manufacturing beyond Earth.
Alternate Dimension Space TechnologiesAlternate Dimension Space Technologies develops space-propulsion technologies, including its patented Astrodrive electromagnetic propulsion system and a patented method for producing tetraoxygen propellant oxidizer. The company’s work centers on sustained electric-powered acceleration and propulsion concepts for spacecraft, with applications it says include interplanetary travel, asteroid mining, and space colonies.
Icarus RoboticsIcarus Robotics is building intelligent robots to serve as a labor force in space, beginning with human-in-the-loop control and learning from demonstration. Its machines are intended to handle work such as cargo operations and orbital construction, allowing astronauts to concentrate on research and exploration. The company’s founding team combines experience in NASA and ISS agricultural systems, NASA JPL lunar rovers, hospital robotics, and Formula 1 engineering.GLENELG, MD
PrisAMPrisAM develops and manufactures large-scale, custom lattice-core structures for aerospace and defense applications using proprietary non-planar 3D-printing hardware and software. Based in Rochester, New York, the company’s additive process creates complex curved structures with continuous trusses, combining low weight with structural strength for uses such as UAVs and radomes. Its team brings deep experience from Rochester Institute of Technology in additive manufacturing, robotics, and mechanical design.ROCHESTER, NY
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