Eos X Space

Eos X Space is a privately held Spanish company developing stratospheric space tourism. Its system is a pressurized capsule carried aloft by a large balloon, intended to take passengers to the edge of space for a slow, quiet flight rather than a rocket ascent. The company was founded in 2020, is described as Madrid-based, and is led by founder and chief executive Kemel Kharbachi. In July 2025 it announced the acquisition of Space Perspective, the American balloon tourism firm that had been a rival, and said the acquired business would keep operating with autonomy under US leadership and corporate structure. As part of that plan the company said it would open a spaceport at the Kennedy Space Center of NASA in Florida and a research and development facility in Silicon Valley, and that it eventually aims to move its global operational headquarters to the United States. The company is still developing its system, so its passenger service should be read as a program in progress.