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Astroport and XelerateVR Announce Strategic Partnership

by Kat | September 20, 2026 | Astroport News Feed, In the Media, News, Press Release | 0 Comments

READ THE FULL ARTICLE EL PASO, TX / ACCESS Newswire / August 19, 2026 / Astroport Space Technologies and XelerateVR today announced a strategic partnership to make lunar construction safe and scalable. The companies plan to pair humanoid robots on the Moon with human...

Astroport and Vermeer Announce Collaboration on Autonomous Lunar Construction Systems

by Kat | April 22, 2026 | Astroport News Feed, In the Media, Moon Projects, News, Press Release, Press Release, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

SAN ANTONIO [Apr 15th, 2026] /BusinessWire/ —

Astroport Space Technologies announced a collaboration with Vermeer Corporation at American Society of Civil Eningeers (ASCE Earth & Space 2026) to advance autonomous construction machinery for future lunar infrastructure…

Industrializing the Moon: Following Successful Lunar Excavator Demo, Astroport Space Technologies and Astrolab Sign MOU to Deliver Critical Lunar Infrastructure

by Kat | February 9, 2026 | Astroport News Feed, Press Release | 0 Comments

SAN ANTONIO, [Feb. 3, 2026] /PRNewswire/ -- Astroport Space Technologies, Inc., the premier provider of autonomous lunar construction solutions, and Venturi Astrolab, Inc. (Astrolab), a leader in planetary robotics, today announced the successful...

Astroport achieves milestone in Brickbot development as part of its ongoing $1.4M NASA STTR portfolio

by Kat | January 18, 2026 | Astroport News Feed, Milestones | 0 Comments

San Antonio, TX [2024-2025] — Between 2024 and 2025, Astroport Space Technologies advanced key regolith conveyance and feed system capabilities under its NASA STTR Phase II Brickbot technology demonstration. This effort builds on Phase I feasibility results and...

Astroport Advances Lunar Site Preparation Operations for Sustained Lunar Return

by Kat | January 1, 2026 | Astroport News Feed, Milestones | 0 Comments

San Antonio, TX [2024-2025] -- Enabling Fission Surface Power Through Lunar Site Preparation Ongoing Technical Progress Under NASA STTR Phase II (2024–Present) Since 2020, Astroport Space Technologies has built a focused portfolio of lunar surface construction and...

Astroport Featured by National Geographic

by Kat | September 16, 2025 | Astroport News Feed, In the Media | 0 Comments

National Geographic, [Aug 2025] -- Astroport Space Technologies has been featured by National Geographic in its September 2025 issue, recognizing the company’s work toward enabling long-duration lunar surface operations and space infrastructure development. Founded in...

Sam Ximenes on The Space Show: Lunar Development and Infrastructure Planning

by Kat | September 14, 2025 | Astroport News Feed, In the Media | 0 Comments

The Space Show, [Oct 2025] -- Astroport Founder and CEO Sam Ximenes recently joined a long-form discussion on The Space Show, a nonprofit webcast produced by the One Giant Leap Foundation. The conversation focused on the evolution of lunar development over the past...

Creating a Lunar Economy … A Detailed Discussion with Astroport Space CEO Sam Ximenes

by Kat | July 23, 2025 | Astroport News Feed, In the Media | 0 Comments

San Antonio, TX [Jul 2024] - Returning humans to the Moon requires capabilities beyond launch and landing. Near-term challenges include site selection and landing safety. The long-term objective is the establishment of a sustainable lunar economy capable of supporting...

Astroport and Orbit Fab Join Forces for Lunar Exploration Breakthrough

by Kat | November 7, 2024 | Astroport News Feed, Press Release | 0 Comments

MILAN, [Oct 2024] -- Astroport Space Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of advanced space exploration solutions, and Orbit Fab, Inc., a pioneer in in-space refueling and resource utilization, today announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the development of...

Sam Ximenes Interview with Tangrams 3DS

by Kat | November 1, 2024 | News | 0 Comments

Watch now to learn more about the collaborative work being done by Exploration Architecture, Astroport Space Technologies, and the WEX Foundation. WATCH NOW ->

S.A. space firm scores NASA money, ticket to moon

by Kat | November 27, 2023 | News | 0 Comments

Port San Antonio-based XArc/Astroport received $1.3 million in NASA small-business innovation and tech transfer contracts on the heels of Starship rideshare announcement. Astroport Space Technologies and its parent Exploration Architecture Corp., or XArc, landed...

XArc / Astroport Announce $1.3 Million in Multiple NASA SBIR/STTR Awards for 2023

by Kat | November 27, 2023 | Astroport News Feed, Press Release | 0 Comments

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Another step forward towards the development of lunar infrastructure

by Kat | June 6, 2023 | News | 0 Comments

Article by the European Space Resources Innovation Centre

How Space Companies Plan to Build Roads and Bases on the Moon

by Kat | May 23, 2023 | News | 0 Comments

Astroport is working with researchers at the University of Texas, San Antonio, to invent an induction furnace nozzle that heats up lunar regolith so that it can melt, then solidify, into bricks. A number of specialized robots would then assemble the materials into...

Astroport Space Technologies forms European Subsidiary in Luxembourg

by Kat | April 20, 2023 | News | 0 Comments

Astroport Space Technologies, Inc., headquartered in San Antonio Texas, USA, and Interflight Global Europe, S.à r.l. , headquartered in Luxembourg, announce their joint partnership for the launch of Astroport Space Technologies S.à r.l. (Astroport Europe). The two...

San Antonio Innovators Advance Exploration of the Moon Ahead of Human Settlement with Lunar Cave

by Kat | March 13, 2023 | News | 0 Comments

Collaborating with the Architects of the Future: Visualizing Humanity’s Return to the Moon

by Kat | January 13, 2023 | News | 0 Comments

Astroport receives additional NASA funding to develop ‘100 percent regolith’ buildings

by Kat | September 13, 2022 | News | 0 Comments

The agency has awarded the company two phase-one Small Business Technology Transfer contracts: one in April 2021 for $136,000 and another in June of this year for $150,000.

UTSA kicks off new phase of work with Astroport on lunar construction for NASA

by Kat | August 13, 2022 | News | 0 Comments

UTSA The professors, faculty in the UTSA School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Construction Management, are supporting the development of lunar landing and launch pads as part of their work.

Another Step Forward Towards the Development of Lunar Infrastructure

by Kat | August 13, 2022 | News | 0 Comments

Astroport Space Technologies, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas USA, and FourPoint, headquartered in Wrocław, Poland, announce they are joint signatories of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...