Moon Express Employee Directory

Defense and Space ManufacturingFlorida, United States11-50 Employees

Moon Express, based in Cape Canaveral, Florida, operates in the defense and space manufacturing sector and develops robotic lunar spacecraft and related services. It targets government and commercial customers seeking to explore the Moon and develop its resources through mission profiles designed to lower the cost of access to lunar surface operations.
It has collaborated with NASA under the Lunar CATALYST program to help build the capability for the United States to return to the Moon, and it has an agreement with the U.S. Air Force to use Cape Canaveral Launch Complexes 17 and 18 for spacecraft development. It has pursued launch arrangements with Rocket Lab to carry its lunar landers on missions beginning in 2017, illustrating its role in the emerging commercial lunar transport ecosystem. Founders include Dr. Robert Richards, Naveen Jain, and Dr. Barney Pell, reflecting the leadership behind the company’s long-term interest in lunar resource development.

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