The Exploration Company

When Nyx reenters the atmosphere, the surrounding air is compressed and heated to extreme temperatures, at around 9,000 °C.     Using detailed detailed Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) and Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations (CFD), the aerothermal team in Turin, Italy, has mapped the heat flux, pressure, and shear stress on the vehicle's external surfaces, from 120 km altitude down to splashdown. These simulations and the resulting database are core to our thermal protection design for Nyx's atmospheric reentry and reusability.    Behind these results is a cross-functional effort, with our design, aerothermal, CAD, and GNC teams working hand in hand.    Interested in working on challenges like this one? Our open positions are listed on our careers page: https://lnkd.in/gqGiR7Wu #FutureOfSpace #SpaceEngineering #AerothermalEngineering #WeAreHiring

Ranked among the top 10 in LinkedIn Top Startups 2026. We're grateful for this recognition, which reflects the talented people who choose to join us. Thank you to everyone who has helped us get this far. We're growing at a rapid pace, with new roles opening regularly across all our sites. If you want to help us build spacecraft for humanity, explore our open roles: https://lnkd.in/gqGiR7Wu #LinkedInTopStartups #WeAreHiring

Following our recent qualification campaign on ZURAM, our in-house thermal protection material, we launched a new plasma test campaign to validate the design of Nyx’s thermal protection system.   At the ArianeGroup SIMOUN plasma facility near Bordeaux, our teams tested front and back-shield configurations under representative re-entry conditions.   This time, the campaign wasn't just about whether the materials could withstand the heat. It focused on how the complete thermal protection system behaves, from the interface between ZURAM and P50 to venting features, flight-representative geometries and samples with representative micrometeoroid and orbital debris (MMOD) damage.   In the video, you can see the plasma test of our BS1 specimen: a 340 × 420 mm flat plate integrating several features representative of the back shield.   The campaign provided data to refine our numerical models, validate key design choices, and support the qualification of the current Nyx thermal protection system design and its future evolutions.   #Nyx #SpaceEngineering #FutureOfSpace #WeAreHiring #ThermalProtection

Today, in a rare joint presidential visit, we welcomed 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗻 and 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸-𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗶𝗲𝗿, together with their delegations, to our site in Le Haillan, just outside Bordeaux.    The visit offered an opportunity to showcase the technologies, hardware and talent behind 𝗡𝘆𝘅, our reusable spacecraft, and 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺, our high-thrust reusable propulsion program. The delegations got to see firsthand the propulsion, re-entry, rendezvous and docking, flight software and operational capabilities our teams are developing to help shape the future of space transportation. Built with teams, facilities and expertise across Europe, The Exploration Company shows what is possible when private capital, institutional customers and governments work together to create new industrial capabilities. What started as an idea just five years ago has become one of Europe's fastest-growing space companies, building with partners around the world. “Today’s visit shows what we can achieve when industrial ambition, public institutions and private capital come together. In just five years, we have turned a European idea into real hardware and a new space transportation capability. The technologies we are developing today also lay the foundation for what comes next - including a crew capsule and the super-heavy launch capabilities needed to meet global demand. Our ambition is for Europe not only to purchase access to space, but to become a global provider of it.” — Hélène Huby, Founder and CEO Thank you to French President Emmanuel Macron, German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and French Minister of the Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs Catherine Vautrin, Gouvernement, French Minister Delegate for Europe Benjamin Haddad, Ministère des Affaires étrangères français, French Minister of Higher Education, Research and Space Philippe Baptiste, Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Espace, German Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius, Deutscher Bundestag, German Minister of Research, Techology and Space Dorothee Bär, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Member of the Deutscher Bundestag Roland THEIS, German Ambassador in Paris Stephan Steinlein, Auswärtiges Amt (Federal Foreign Office) Germany, François Delattre, Ambassador, Ambassade de France en Allemagne and all other members of both delegations for taking the time to meet our teams and see their work first-hand.    #FutureOfSpace #SpaceTransportation #SpaceEngineering #Nyx #Storm

5 years. 600 Explorers. $680 million raised. $2 billion in contracts. It all started in 2021, with five space veterans building a company around one shared vision: to build spacecraft for humanity. Today, we wanted to take a moment to look back at just how much has happened at TEC: from our first designs and first hardware to missions, test campaigns, new facilities, and a team that has grown to 600 Explorers across Europe, the US, and the UAE. None of this would have happened without the people who believed in the mission early on, and those who joined us along the way. To our investors, governments, customers, partners, and especially our 600 Explorers: thank you for the trust and for moving at this pace with us. We’re proud of what we’ve built together in five years. And even more excited about what is still ahead. #FutureOfSpace #SpaceEngineering #Nyx #TheExplorationCompany #WeAreHiring 

We're pleased to welcome Susanne Wiegand to the Board of The Exploration Company.   Susanne brings more than 20 years of leadership experience across industrial technology, manufacturing and engineering businesses, including as former CEO of RENK Group AG.   As TEC continues to grow, scale operations and advance the development of #Nyx and #Storm, strengthening the expertise around our Board is an important step in our evolution.   Susanne's experience in industrial execution, governance and international growth will be invaluable as we continue building the infrastructure that will help shape the future of space transportation.   Welcome to the team, Susanne.   #space #leadership #industry