Europe may finally have found a space entrepreneur who is meeting the moment
Summary
French entrepreneur Hèlene Huby leads The Exploration Company, Europe’s fastest-growing space firm, which recently raised $450 million, the largest Series C funding ever for a European space company. Her company is developing spacecraft for cargo and human missions to low Earth orbit and working on a powerful new rocket engine to help Europe compete with the US and China in space.Key Facts
- Hèlene Huby is CEO of The Exploration Company, a European space startup.
- The company raised $450 million in Series C funding, a record for European space firms.
- The Exploration Company is developing Nyx, a cargo spacecraft aiming for a NASA-approved mission to the International Space Station by 2028.
- The firm is working on a crew spacecraft for future human spaceflight missions to the ISS or private space stations.
- European Space Agency is considering developing independent crewed space access, potentially involving Huby’s company.
- The company is designing “Storm,” a powerful reusable rocket engine using liquid oxygen and methane fuel.
- The goal is to launch heavy payloads (40-60 tons) with a reusable rocket by around 2033.
- Huby advocates for Europe to build large rockets at high launch rates to stay competitive in space.
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