Port San Antonio-based Astroport Space Technologies will work with Orbit Fab and ispace Technologies U.S. to develop technologies for future NASA moon missions.
A Port San Antonio -based space startup is joining forces with two Colorado companies to develop technologies for future NASA moon missions. Astroport Space Technologies , a subsidiary of Exploration Architecture , or XArc, announced the new partnerships with Orbit Fab Inc. and ispace technologies U.S. Inc. during the 75th International Astronautical Congress taking place this week in Milan .
San Antonio space firm scores NASA money and a SpaceX Starship ticket to moon “The Orbit Fab deal represents our first commercial customer for lunar construction services and logistical supply,” he said via email Thursday. “Something akin to building a private landing facility for a commercial customer.” He said construction of such a lunar facility likely would be a public-private partnership with the goal of providing services to NASA.
San Antonio’s space architect has hometown roots and out-of-this-world ideas The data the instruments collect will help scientists better understand how to build on the moon, Ximenes said. In November, Astroport received $1.3 million in NASA funding to continue its work as part of the $93 billion Artemis program that aims to build a moon base and eventually send people to Mars.
San Antonio-built satellite headed to space aboard Texas-built rocket Hawthorne, Calif.-based Astrolab is leading that program, dubbed Mission 1. It’s currently slated to fly in mid-2026. Astroport’s instruments aren’t the only San Antonio-built hardware headed to the moon. Southwest Research Institute’s Lunar Magnetotelluric Sounder is headed to the Moon aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander.
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