Transformational Space
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| Private | |
| Industry | Launch services, prototyping, exploration technologies |
| Genre | Commercial spaceflight |
| Founded | Early 2004 |
| Headquarters | Reston, Virginia, United States |
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Key people
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Charles A. Duelfer (CEO, Chairman) David Gump (President) |
| Products | CVX manned vehicle |
| Services | Consultation services |
| Website | www.transformspace.com |
t/Space (or Transformational Space Corporation) was an American aerospace company which participated in NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS), and later, Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) programs for delivering cargo and crew to the International Space Station. The company was headquartered in Reston, Virginia.
In September 2004 t/Space was one of eleven companies selected by NASA to conduct preliminary concept studies for the Crew Exploration Vehicle and human lunar exploration, for which it received a US$3 million contract. The company was competing with larger and more established companies such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Northrop Grumman to provide vehicle and architecture advice to NASA for the Vision for Space Exploration.
In May 2006, out of a field of more than 20 firms of all sizes, the company was one of six finalists in the COTS competition for funded agreements with NASA.SpaceX and Rocketplane Kistler received the two funded agreements in August 2006.
In January 2007, NASA signed a Space Act Agreement with t/Space on technical assistance and data access to help the company develop its privately funded spacecraft for bringing passengers and cargo to the ISS and to private space habitats.
In 2011, t/Space proposed an eight-person crew or cargo recoverable reusable transfer spacecraft to NASA under the Commercial Crew Development phase 2 program (CCDev2). The concept spacecraft could launch on a variety of launch vehicles, including the Atlas V, Falcon 9 and Taurus II. The t/Space proposal was not selected for NASA funding.
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