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Kam Ghaffarian

Iranian-born American entrepreneur and co-founder of Axiom Space , Intuitive Machines, Quantum Space, X-energy, and IBX. Founded Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies (SGT) in 1994, which grew into NASA's second-largest engineering services contractor (ISS operations, astronaut training) with over $500M annual revenue before being acquired by KBR in 2018.

Co-founded Axiom Space in 2016 as Executive Chairman; co-founded Intuitive Machines in 2013, which became the first U.S. company to land on the Moon under NASA's CLPS program.

Iranian-American · 1 current role · 1 founding

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  • Quantum Spaceverified→
    Founder

    [Quantum](/companies/quantum-systems) Space is a US space company developing autonomous spacecraft for space domain awareness and orbital servicing.

    Funding · $40M1 model

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  • Quantum Space Co-founder & Executive ChairmanReported, not verified

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Sources (3)

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kam_Ghaffarian
  2. https://www.axiomspace.com/team/kam-ghaffarian
  3. https://spacenews.com/kbr-to-acquire-nasa-contractor-stg/

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