🎙️ New Episode: CEO CJ Jannette of BlackStar Orbital – Building the Future of Personal Space Access

In this electrifying episode, we sit down with CJ Jannette, CEO of ⁠BlackStar Orbital⁠, live from Los Angeles and fresh off Space Tech Expo in Long Beach. With deep roots in SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy and NASA’s hydraulics systems, CJ is now pioneering a new frontier: making space accessible for everyone.

We cover:

🚀 His Direct-to-Phase II SBIR win and $1.8M contract 🛰️ A classified payload launching on Axiom-4

📦 The buzz around SpaceBox – a consumer space payload service for wedding rings, business cards, and more

🔬 BlackStar’s focus on microgravity research, thermal protection breakthroughs, and aerogel-carbon fiber structures 🛫 Spaceplanes, subscale X-37s, and why Dream Chasers are the “yachts of space”

⚠️ EpiPens and the danger of toxicity in orbit, and how space certification is becoming essential

📍 Updates from Titusville, FL – home of their latest operations near pads 39A and 39B 🌌 Why he’s excited about Space Force, CLPS 2 (CMPS), and the role of small payloads in making space personal and repeatable

If you're interested in space entrepreneurship, payload innovation, or simply want to know how to send a piece of yourself to space, don’t miss this one.

🛰️ Reach out to BlackStar Orbital about SpaceBox missions — new flights are launching soon!

BlackStar Orbital

https://www.spacedrone.io/

Connect with CJ Jannette:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-jannette-b2304539/