Agencies & Companies
The organizations flying humanity's spacecraft, from national space agencies to commercial launch companies.
SpaceX
SpaceX is an American spacecraft manufacturer and launch provider that builds Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Dragon, Starlink, and Starship, the largest rocket ever flown.
Blue Origin
Blue Origin is Jeff Bezos's spaceflight company, builder of the New Shepard suborbital vehicle, the New Glenn orbital rocket, and Blue Moon lunar landers.
China National Space Administration
The China National Space Administration directs China's civil space effort: Chang'e Moon sample returns, Tianwen probes, and a crewed landing goal by 2030.
European Space Agency
ESA is a 23-state intergovernmental agency for European space science, Earth observation, navigation, exploration, launchers, technology, and safety.
ISRO
ISRO is India's national space agency, known for the Chandrayaan-3 Moon landing, Aditya-L1 solar observatory, LVM3 rocket, and the Gaganyaan crew program.
JAXA
JAXA is Japan's space agency, operator of the SLIM Moon lander, Hayabusa asteroid sample returns, the H3 rocket, and the MMX mission to Phobos.
NASA
NASA is the United States civil aeronautics and space agency, responsible for human spaceflight, scientific missions, aviation research, and technology.
Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab is a US launch and space systems company founded by Peter Beck, operator of the Electron small rocket and developer of the reusable Neutron.
Roscosmos
Roscosmos is Russia's state space corporation, heir to the Soviet program, operating Soyuz flights, the ISS Russian segment, and the Luna-Glob lunar series.
Starcloud
Starcloud is a US orbital-computing startup whose first satellite carried an NVIDIA H100; larger missions and an 88,000-satellite filing remain proposals.