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Seasoned operators.
Flight-proven programs.

A small, hardware-first team in Titusville, Florida, building a reusable autonomous space drone — payloads to low Earth orbit, controlled reentry, and rapid recovery for reuse.

Titusville, FL 09 leadership · 07 advisors · 11 on the line

Leadership

Nine officers · one airframe
OFF-01NASA · USAF · SpaceX
Christopher JannetteSean HollisZaheer AliLesley HafaliaPhillip LoiaconoElizabeth ChristensenGlenn HollisJames Wolff, Esq.Nicholas Carlough

Christopher Jannette

Chief Executive Officer

NASA systems engineering, USAF veteran, and SpaceX Starship thermal protection — he sets the programme and the standard the hardware has to meet.

SpaceX·NASA·Boeing·USAF·USSF

The line

Titusville, Florida
11People on the program
1Airframe on the line — OV-009
4Government & regional programs
6Roles open right now

The people who wrote the playbook.

Advisory board · 07
Dr. Lee Levy
Chairman of the Board Dr. Lee Levy

USAF (Ret.) · chairs the advisory board.

Terry Virts
Spaceflight Terry Virts

ISS commander and USAF colonel · 200+ days in orbit.

Don Platt, PhD
Vehicle Systems Don Platt, PhD

Florida Tech · ex-Boeing ISS engineering.

Cyrus Miryekta
National Security Cyrus Miryekta

Twelve years USAF / USSF · 82nd Airborne veteran.

Rick Tumlinson
Space Policy Rick Tumlinson

SpaceFund · X-Prize Foundation board.

George Pullen, PhD
Economist George Pullen, PhD

Chief economist · former CFTC regulator.

Samson Williams
Space Economist Samson Williams

Milky Way Economy · Columbia University.

ISS·Shuttle·USAF·USSF·X-Prize·CFTC

Six open roles on the flight line.

Propulsion, structures, avionics, flight ops and business — all on-site in Titusville, all working the same airframe.

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