Near Space Corporation
Aviation and Aerospace Component ManufacturingOregon, United States11-50 Employees
Near Space Corporation (NSC) is an aviation and aerospace company with more than 25 years of experience delivering high-altitude flight test services using stratospheric balloon systems. It operates both zero-pressure and superpressure balloon configurations, enabling payloads from a few pounds to more than ten tons to reach altitudes up to 130,000 feet. These capabilities support testing of systems intended for space or atmospheric re-entry under near-space conditions. The company's facilities are designed to provide integrated engineering, production, and flight operations for high-altitude balloon campaigns, and NSC also runs the Tillamook UAS Test Range, an FAA-designated airspace facility used for unmanned aircraft and payload evaluations up to 130,000 feet. NSC serves government and commercial customers including NASA, NOAA, and DOD, as well as laboratories, universities, and emerging commercial space companies. Based in Tillamook, Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest, the company has operated there for more than 25 years, and in March 2024 it was acquired by Aerostar International, part of TCOM Holdings.