The Exploration Company

The Exploration Company (TEC) is a European deep-tech space startup founded in July 2021 by Hélène Huby and a team of aerospace engineers from Airbus and ArianeGroup. Headquartered in Munich, Germany with sites in Bordeaux, Oberpfaffenhofen, Italy, France, Houston, and the MENA region, TEC develops Nyx, a family of modular, reusable, in-orbit refuelable spacecraft designed to carry cargo — and eventually humans — to low Earth orbit, lunar orbit, and the Moon, serving space stations and long-distance research missions. The company has raised a €40.5M Series A and a €150M Series B and is a certified B Corp. It exposes no public developer API; interfaces are provided to payload customers via a Payload User's Guide.

The Exploration Company is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Deep Tech, Space, Aerospace, and Spacecraft.

The Exploration Company’s developer surface includes engineering blog, support, and 5 more developer resources.

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyDeep TechSpaceAerospaceSpacecraftReusable SpacecraftSpace TransportationCargo CapsuleMunichGermany

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 12.3/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Resources

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 About
About
 Blog
Blog
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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  team of aerospace engineers from Airbus and ArianeGroup. Headquartered in Munich, Germany with sites in Bordeaux, Oberpfaffenhofen,
  Italy, France, Houston, and the MENA region, TEC develops Nyx, a family of modular, reusable, in-orbit refuelable spacecraft
  designed to carry cargo — and eventually humans — to low Earth orbit, lunar orbit, and the Moon, serving space stations
  and long-distance research missions. The company has raised a €40.5M Series A and a €150M Series B and is a certified B
  Corp. It exposes no public developer API; interfaces are provided to payload customers via a Payload User's Guide.
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- Space Transportation
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