Ethan Rublee is Co-Founder and CEO of Space-ng, developing autonomy systems for spacecraft spanning cameras, vision-based navigation and GPU-enabled AI hardware and software. As Vision Navigation Lead for Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1, Rublee and the Space-ng team developed and deployed the real-time vision-based terrain-relative navigation system that enabled the first successful commercial lunar landing in March 2025.
Rublee has over 16 years of experience in robotics and computer vision, with a focus on taking systems from research to deployed products. He is a recipient of the 2021 ICCV Helmholtz Prize for his 2011 work on ORB, a real-time feature detection and description method. A serial entrepreneur, he has founded companies across multiple domains: industrial robotics for material handling and autonomous truck unloading (Industrial Perception, acquired by Google), AI-driven tools for real-time visual effects and mixed reality (Arraiy), and agricultural robotics systems (farm-ng). He is a co-author of Kornia, an open-source differentiable computer vision library.

Steve Bailey is a pioneering space exploration engineer, entrepreneur, and leader, with over four decades of experience shaping human and robotic spaceflight. Steve founded Deep Space Systems, a leading provider of spaceflight hardware and engineering services for NASA, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman. Steve held key positions in missions like Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, OSIRIS-REx, and Orion, cementing its reputation as a trusted industry partner. Following the acquisition of Deep Space Systems, Steve is shaping the future of spaceflight at Space-ng, blending technical excellence, entrepreneurial vision, and a relentless drive for innovation.

Ian Sherman is a software engineer specializing in robotics and human-machine interaction. With a Computer Science degree from Brown University, he’s held leadership roles at startups and major tech companies. He led engineering at Bot & Dolly and later at X (formerly Google X), focusing on robotics, visualization, and data systems. As Head of Software at Formant, he shaped cloud infrastructure for teleoperation. A frequent speaker at industry events like ROSCon and Siggraph, Ian combines deep expertise in robotics and interactive tech to drive innovation at Space-ng.

Giuseppe R. Pasqualino is an experienced aerospace engineer with over a decade in vision and avionics subsystems for space applications. He holds degrees in Engineering Physics, Mechanical Engineering, and Space Resources from the Colorado School of Mines. At Redwire Space, he led the development of advanced camera systems for lunar missions and contributed to NASA’s Artemis and Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser programs. Known for his innovation and expertise, Giuseppe now leads hardware development at Space-ng, driving forward cutting-edge space technologies.