EEOS-X Space
EOS-X Space is a Madrid-based aerospace company building a crewed space-tourism service. Passengers ride in a pressurised capsule lifted to the stratosphere by a helium balloon. The company was founded in 2020 and has announced flight operations from Spain and Abu Dhabi. In July 2025 it bought the US balloon-tourism company Space Perspective, which gave it a presence in Florida, including a spaceport and an R&D and assembly site. In May 2026 EOS-X Space announced a Series D round of about $140 million (€120 million), presented at the New York Stock Exchange as groundwork for a planned listing.
SectorsSpace Tech, Space Tourism, Aerospace
Start-up MapDeeptech & Hardware
Founders
K
Kemel Kharbachi
Founder & CEO
Global models 5
A
Axiom Space
United States · www.axiomspace.com ↗
Sells seats on crewed private spaceflights to individuals and to governments wanting astronauts, the same premium crewed-flight-ticket model as EOS-X, though it flies to orbit and the ISS rather than to the stratosphere.
$842MComparable
V
Virgin Galactic
United States · www.virgingalactic.com ↗
Sells high-priced tickets to the edge of space to wealthy tourists and flies them from its own spaceport, like EOS-X; it also had Abu Dhabi backing and a flight-rights deal there, and was listed by SPAC (the figure is Aabar's pre-listing equity, $280M plus $110M).
$390MComparable
WWorld View
United States · www.worldview.space ↗
Builds stratospheric balloon systems and has sold seats on a pressurised Explorer capsule for space-tourism flights to the stratosphere, though most of its income comes from uncrewed stratospheric remote-sensing flights.
$95MComparable
Z
Zephalto
France · www.zephalto.com ↗
Sells luxury flights to about 25 km in a pressurised capsule under a stratospheric balloon, almost exactly EOS-X's business model.
$20MComparable
H
HALO Space
Spain · halospace.com ↗
Plans to sell passenger seats on a pressurised capsule lifted to the stratosphere by a balloon, with a planned operating base in Saudi Arabia, which mirrors EOS-X's balloon space-tourism model and Gulf expansion.
$3.5MComparable
Investors 1
G
Global Emerging Markets (GEM)
Funding rounds 2
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-05 | No stage disclosed | €110M | Global Emerging Markets (GEM) |
| 2026-05-19 | Series D | approximately $140M | Lead not disclosed |
News 5
Open as list →| Published | Article |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-19 |
EOS-X Space Raises $140M for Orbital Tourism Ambitions ↗
InforCapital
2026-05-19 |
| 2026-02-28 |
EOS-X Space Expands U.S. Footprint After Space Perspective Deal ↗
SME Street
2026-02-28 |
| 2025-07-28 |
Spanish firm takes over US space balloon pioneer once seen as tourism gamechanger ↗
Interesting Engineering
2025-07-28 |
| 2024-07-16 |
UAE: Up to Dh800,000 flights to space to take off in Abu Dhabi next year ↗
Khaleej Times
2024-07-16 |
| 2024-06-20 |
EOS-X Space announces upcoming balloon flights to the edge of outer space ↗
New Atlas
2024-06-20 |