The Top 115 Most Admired Private Spaceflight Companies

Join VPN.com as we recognize and celebrate the world’s top private spaceflight companies. Below are 100 of the most influential, innovative, and talented individuals guiding the best private spaceflight companies as they grow and evolve. We look forward to seeing how the people on this list continue to impact the field for years to come.

The top 115 private spaceflight companies list on VPN.com

The Spaceflight Companies List (Alphabetical)

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