aid: exploration
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/exploration.png
name: The Exploration Company
description: >-
  The Exploration Company GmbH is a European space transportation startup building reusable space
  vehicles "for humanity." Its flagship program, Nyx, is a reusable capsule designed to carry cargo
  and, eventually, crew between Earth and low Earth orbit destinations such as commercial space
  stations, featuring orbital propulsion, autonomous docking, and re-entry recovery. The company is
  also developing Storm, a high-thrust reusable rocket engine (up to 180 tons of thrust) built through
  European partnerships toward a globally competitive launcher. Backed by Balderton Capital and a
  certified B Corp, it markets itself as one of the fastest-growing space startups in the world. The
  company operates a marketing and careers web presence but publishes no public developer program,
  API, SDKs, or machine-readable API artifacts at this time. Surfaced as a Balderton Capital portfolio
  company and enriched in the API Evangelist network with verified identity and domain-security signals.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/exploration/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- balderton-capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Space
- Aerospace
- Space Transportation
- Reusable Spacecraft
- Launch Vehicles
- Rocket Engines
- Deep Tech
- Hardware
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/exploration-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.exploration.space/
- type: About
  url: https://www.exploration.space/about
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.exploration.space/blog
- type: Support
  url: https://www.exploration.space/contact
- type: Careers
  url: https://www.exploration.space/careers
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/exploration-company/
- type: Instagram
  url: https://www.instagram.com/theexplorationcompany/
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence