Join our team! Ad Astra is expanding with the goal of building our VF 150 Flight Program 🚀 ▶️ Mechanical Project Engineer https://bit.ly/4n27Fvk ▶️ Lab Director https://bit.ly/4pZaLD3 ▶️ Materials Engineer https://bit.ly/4ogYFUc ▶️ RF Engineer / Subject Matter Expert https://bit.ly/4h6Q8Rp More positions to come soon! ✨ #hiring
Ad Astra Rocket Company
Aviation & Aerospace
Webster, TX 8,882 followers
Developing advance, high-power, electric propulsion.
About us
Ad Astra Rocket Company capitalizes on more than 30 years of NASA R&D on plasma propulsion and diverse technologies with the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR®) engine as its flagship product. Its high-tech facilities are located in the city of Webster, Texas nearby NASA’s JSC Center in Houston with a total area of 24,000ft2, a state-of-the-art machine shop, and a differentially pumped vacuum chamber of 150m3 for space environment testing. Through its international subsidiary in the city of Liberia in the northwestern Costa Rican province of Guanacaste, Ad Astra Rocket Company Costa Rica develops integrated turn-key solutions of distributed renewable energy systems, relevant to many global niche applications i.e. hydrogen energy cycle for production, storage, and use. Seven-time NASA space shuttle astronaut, Dr. Franklin R. Chang Díaz serves as company President and CEO. Dr. Chang Díaz invented the VASIMR® concept and has been working on its development since 1979.
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http://www.adastrarocket.com
External link for Ad Astra Rocket Company
- Industry
- Aviation & Aerospace
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Webster, TX
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2005
- Specialties
- In-Space Propulsion, Renewable Energy, Specialized Manufacturing, and Applied Physics
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141 W. Bay Area Blvd
Webster, TX 77598, US
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Earth University Campus
10 km west of Liberia City Center
Liberia, Guanacaste, CR
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Eschersheimer Landstr. 200
60320 Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt, US
Employees at Ad Astra Rocket Company
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Johnny McLaughlin
CFO at Ad Astra Rocket Company
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Franklin Chang Díaz .
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ad Astra Rocket Company
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Norberto Antonio Arce Murillo
Energy Management | Renewable Energy | Project Management | Sustainable Transportation | Innovation Technologies
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Greivin Salas
Ingeniero de proyectos
Updates
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Ad Astra Rocket Company is #hiring! 🚀 Following our most recent press release, Ad Astra is pleased to be expanding our team. We are searching to fill the following positions: ▶️ Systems Engineering Integration & Test (SEIT) Engineer https://bit.ly/475p4gO ▶️ Electrical Power Engineer https://bit.ly/4mPTTMh ▶️ Configuration & Document Management Specialist https://bit.ly/4o3bwsQ ▶️ Design Engineering Lead https://bit.ly/4mYeIVQ If you're interested — or know someone who would be a great fit — please apply through our Indeed page or share these opportunities! ✨
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In honor of National #HispanicHeritageMonth, which runs from September 15 to October 15, we're spotlighting just a few of the many Hispanic American #STEM pioneers whose incredible achievements and innovations have benefited humankind: Franklin Chang-Díaz, Ellen Ochoa, Dr. Helen Rodríguez-Trias, and Albert Vinicio Báez. #STEMeducation #Space4All #YouBelongInSTEM #YourPlaceinSpace #ChallengerCenter
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ANNOUNCING the winners of this year’s annual Corporate Social Responsibility Raffle! Congratulations to Vivian Vargas Flores, Steven Greenleaf, and Stephanie Leitón Ramírez! We will be contacting you via your DMs soon. Thank you so much to everyone who participated! We encourage you all to participate again next year!
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Raffle Day is here! 1..2..3…go! Comment with the correct info below to enter! If you waited till the last minute, here is the link to the rules again 😉 : https://bit.ly/3OwoT5y
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❗️1 DAY LEFT until our 5th Annual CSR Raffle! Set your timers and reminders to make sure you don’t miss the entry window! 🔎Full guidelines here: https://bit.ly/3OwoT5y
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We are excited to be announcing our 5th Annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Raffle! For those who are new, this is a opportunity for non-profit and educational organizations to win a free virtual speaking engagement with Dr. Franklin Chang Díaz. For more details and to see if you qualify please check out the guidelines posted on our website! https://bit.ly/3OwoT5y
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