Stage 0 Space is an aerospace company pioneering sustainable aviation through solar-powered high-altitude aircraft. The company designs, prototypes, and deploys aircraft intended for endurance missions, autonomous operations, and varied real-world scenarios. It works from the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, using its expansive runway, dedicated hangars, and controlled airspace to move projects from ground simulations to stratospheric flights.

Stage 0’s engineering approach emphasizes questioning requirements, removing unnecessary components and processes, simplifying and optimizing designs, accelerating development cycles, and automating where possible. This method supports rapid iteration as teams design, build, test, and fly prototypes. Its engineers bring experience across aerospace fields, including propulsion, aerodynamics, materials science, and avionics.

Combining technical expertise with a startup mindset, the team aims to advance high-altitude flight while contributing to a cleaner, smarter, and more sustainable aviation future. Stage 0 welcomes partnerships and inquiries from those interested in its prototypes and work