XCOR Aerospace, Inc.

XCOR Aerospace, Inc. is a spacecraft and rocket engineering company developing and manufacturing spacecraft and rocket engines for government and commercial customers. It provides passenger and payload flights; Lynx spacecraft, an FAA AST-licensed suborbital reusable launch vehicle for applications in planetary science, earth observation, microgravity, atmospheric science, medical/biotech, and other fields; rocket-propelled spacecraft and aircraft, rocket propulsion systems, and propulsion components. The company also sells private space flights to individuals, preparatory training and space-related experiences, and multi-flight packages to promotional clients. Its space-focused training programs offer various medical screening and specialty training missions for XCOR Lynx flight participants. XCOR Aerospace, Inc. has strategic partnerships with KLM, Unilever, Luminox, Philips, and Heineken. The company was founded in 1999 by Aleta Jackson,Dan DeLong, and Jeff Greasonand is based in Mojave, California. It has a location in Midland, Texas; sales office in Amsterdam; and a regional office in Hong Kong.
XCOR is focused on the research, development and production of safe, reliable, reusable launch vehicles (RLVs), rocket engines and rocket propulsion systems. XCOR is now in the phased development of its next generation vehicle, Lynx. In addition to taking a pilot and one spaceflight participant to the edge of space, the vehicle will provide affordable suborbital launch services to academic, scientific, engineering, and observation-related markets.