Loic Chappaz

Principal Flight Science Engineer

Loic Chappaz is a highly experienced aerospace engineer currently serving as Principal Flight Science Engineer at AstroForge since July 2025 and as Ambassador - Aerospace at AI LA since January 2025. Prior roles include Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Continuum Space Systems from April 2021 to July 2025, and Principal Engineer at Mandala Space Ventures from October 2016 to April 2021, where responsibilities encompassed technical leadership and mission design. Loic founded Space Exploration Solutions in 2016, providing technical analysis for space exploration challenges. Earlier experience includes a position as Mission Design Engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, focusing on a binary asteroid mission concept, and various research and teaching roles at Purdue University. Loic Chappaz holds a Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University and an engineering degree from Ecole Supérieure des Techniques Aéronautiques et de Construction Automobile.

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