The Top 115 Most Admired Private Spaceflight Companies

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The Spaceflight Companies List (Alphabetical)

Name
Company
Location
Adam Harris
Interstellar Technologies
Bothell, WA
Akilles Loudière
ArianeGroup
Paris, France
Alex Whittlesey
Serendipity Labs
Los Angeles, California
Anna Romashkova
Glavcosmos
Moscow, RU
Anne T.
MirCorp
Seattle, WA
Ben Talbert-Goldstein
Accion Systems Inc.
Boston, MA
Bill Pierce
Vector Launch
Huntington Beach, CA
Bob Noteboom
Moon Express
Cape Canaveral, FL
Brett Tarnutzer
Spacex
Los Angeles, California
Brian Fox
Augustus Aerospace Company
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Bruce Fafard
Museum Of Science & History
Jacksonville, Florida
Cale Wilcox
The Museum of Flight
Seattle, Washington
Carol Craig
Craig Technologies
Houston, TX
Charles Chafer
Space Services Inc.
Houston, TX
Chris Fauquier
SpaceQuest, Ltd.
Fairfax, VA
Chris Kemp
Astra Space
Alameda, CA
Chris L.
Orbex
Forres, UK
Christopher Hall
Gilmour Space Technologies
Helensvale QLD
Craig LaMotte
Space Foundation Headquarters and Discovery Center
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Curt Blake
Spaceflight Inc.
Seattle, Washington
Dale Tietz
Shackleton Energy Company
Austin, TX
Dan Rauch
UTC Aerospace Systems
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Dana Ng
Raytheon Co
Las Vegas, Nevada
Daniel Marshall
Varda Space Industries
Los Angeles, CA
Daniel Martín Anido
Alén Space
Pontevedra, Spain
Daniel Metzler
Isar Aerospace
Ottobrunn, Bavaria
Darren Ma
Firefly Aerospace
Cedar Park, TX
Dave Dobson
Pima Air & Space Museum
Tucson, Arizona
David Carroll
CU Aerospace
Champaign, IL
Dexter Baño
OrbitX
Quezon City, Metro Manila
Dirk Wallinger
York Space Systems
Denver, Colorado
Dumitru Popescu
ARCA Space
Râmnicu Vâlcea , Valcea
Emanuel Anton
Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum
Denver, Colorado
Enon Landenberg
Space IL
Tel Aviv, Israel
Erik Reedy
Interorbital Systems
Mojave, CA
Eunkwang Lee
Perigee Aerospace
Daejeon, South Korea
Federico S.
SpaceDev
Uruguay, UY
Franklin Chang Díaz
Ad Astra Rocket Company
Webster, TX
Harry O'Hanley
ABL Space Systems
El Segundo, CA
Howard Schulman
Made In Space
Jacksonville, FL
Izmir Yamin
Independence-X Aerospace
Bukit Jalil , Selangor
Jan Reitsma
Innovative Solutions In Space
Delft, Netherlands
Jason Freeman
Planetary Resources
Redmond, WA
Jayakumar Venkatesan
Synergy Moon
San Francisco, CA
Jennifer Haley
California Science Center
Los Angeles, California
Jerry Larson
UP Aerospace
Highlands Ranch, CO
John Bradford
Generation Orbit
Atlanta, GA
John Cordeiro
Boeing
Chicago, IL
John Gedmark
Astranis
San Francisco, CA
John MacEachin
Sierra Nevada Corporation
Sparks , NV
John Quinn
Exos Aerospace
Greenville, TX
John Thornton
Astrobotic Technology
Pittsburgh, PA
Jonata Puglia
Leaf Space
Lomazzo CO, Italy
Joseph Calmese
ADDMAN Engineering
Bonita Springs, FL
Julien Pain
PD AeroSpace
Hekinan , Aichi
Kelley Southern
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Denver, Colorado
Kimberly Sutton
Northrop Grumman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Kristina Celik
Arizona Science Center
Phoenix, Arizona
Lisa Rich
Xplore
Redmond, WA
Maria Johns
Virginia Air & Space Science Center
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Mark Jurcak
Futuramic
Detroit, Michigan
Mark Thomas
Reaction Engines Ltd.
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Matt Fleury
Connecticut Science Center
Hartford, Connecticut
Matt Ondler
Axiom Space
Houston, TX
Mátyás Hazadi
Puli Space Technologies
Budapest, Hungary
Max Haot
Launcher
Los Angeles, California
Miguel Calatayud
Zero2infinity
Barcelona, Spain
Michael Colglazier
Virgin Galactic
Tustin, CA
Michael Nicholls
Australian Space Research Institute
Australia, Mt Ommaney
Michael Randolph
ispace, inc.
Tokyo, Chuo-ku
Michael Sanders
Space Center Houston
Houston, Texas
Michael VanWoerkom
Exo Terra Resource
Littleton, CO
Mike Lockwood
Bigelow Aerospace
Las Vegas, NV
Mike Soutullo
Mynaric
Hawthorne, CA
Mitch Koch
Space Needle
Seattle, Washington
Narek Sarkissyan
Griffith Observatory
Los Angeles, California
Orhan Mutlu
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems
Falls Church, VA
Pablo Gallego Sanmiguel
PLD Space
Elche, Alicante
Pam Chen
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Pavlo Tanasyuk
Spacebit
London, UK
Pawan Kumar Chandana
Skyroot Aerospace
Hyderabad, Telangana
Peter Beck
Rocket Lab
Long Beach, CA
Rasmus Agdestein
Copenhagen Suborbitals
Copenhagen, DK
Robert Boehme
PTScientists
Berlin, Germany
Ryan Hartman
World View Enterprises
Tucson, AZ
Ryu Mizuno
Adler Planetarium
Chicago, Illinois
Sai Weiss
Millennium Space Systems
Los Angeles, California
Sascha Deri
BluShift Aerospace
Brunswick, ME
Scott Ostrem
The Spaceship Company
Mojave, CA
Sean Mahoney
Masten Space Systems
Mojave, CA
Sena Harayama
Axelspace
Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Seweryn Krawiecki
SpaceForest
Gdynia, Poland
Shehla Hasan
Lockheed Martin
Bethesda, MD
Sherry Marshall
Science Museum Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Shimon Chait
United Launch Alliance
Centennial, CO
Siba Padhi
OrbitBeyond
Edison, NJ
Srinath Ravichandran
Agnikul Cosmos
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Stefan Gardefjord
Swedish Space Corp.
Solna, Sweden
Stephen Altemus
Intuitive Machines
Houston, TX
Stephen Eisele
Virgin Orbit
Long Beach, CA
Stephen Miller
RUAG Space
Switzerland, Bern
Stephen Rodriguez
Ursa Major Technologies
Berthoud, CO
Tim Chen
Phantom Space
Tucson, Arizona
Tim Moore
Scaled Composites
Mojave, CA
Tim Ritchie
Museum of Science
Boston, Massachusetts
Tiphaine Louradour
International Launch Services
Reston, VA
Tom Cornell
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Lake Mary, FL
Tom Shelley
Space Adventures
Vienna, VA
Trip Ferguson
Dynetics
Huntsville, AL
Volodymyr Levykin
Skyrora
Edinburgh, UK
Wiener Kernisan
Arianespace
Washington, DC
William Bolton
Altius Space Machines
Broomfield, CO
William Grace
Blue Origin
Kent, WA
Yanni Barghouty
Cosmic Shielding Corporation
Atlanta, GA
Yaroslav Eroshkin
ISC Kosmotras
Moscow, Russia
Yashas Karanam
Bellatrix Aerospace
Malleswaram, Bengaluru
Zachary Dunn
Relativity Space
Long Beach, CA
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