Icarus Robotics

Thank you, everyone, so much for joining another Valerian Space Ventures podcast.

It's August 7th, and today I'm joined with Ethan Barajas and Jamie Palmer, the founders of Icarus Robotics.

This is a company that's doing robots in space.

Really excited to jump into this conversation.

With us today, we have Ethan Barajas.

Ethan is the co-founder and CEO of Icarus Robotics.

Ethan, welcome to the podcast.

Thank you for having me on.

But please, please, if you guys are looking to get in touch with us, either on the job side of things or on the investment side of things, you can definitely find the relevant information there.

Awesome.

Ethan Barajas, folks, co-founder and CEO of Icarus Robotics.

Ethan, I genuinely appreciate your time.

These are articles taken on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, from Space News, Robotics and the Future of On-Orbit Labor.

In the latest Space News podcast, Mike Gruss interviews Icarus Robotics CEO Ethan Barrages at the 2026 Small Satellite Conference in Salt Lake City, where they discuss why astronauts liken space missions to warehouse work and the progress toward robotic systems that can offload menial tasks.

The conversation also covers the future of on-orbit labor and how these innovations could reshape crewed missions.

From Space News.

This is Space Minds from Space News.

In this episode, Space News' Mike Gruss interviews Icarus Robotics CEO and co-founder Ethan Barajos at the 2026 Small Satellite Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.

They discuss why astronauts have compared space missions to working in a warehouse, recent progress toward robotic systems that can offload menial tasks during missions, and the future of on-orbit labor.

This episode is sponsored by FrontGrade.

Today we're in beautiful Salt Lake City at the SmallSat show.

I'm in the studio here at the Salt Palace.

I'm joined today by Ethan Barajas, the CEO of Icarus Robotics.

Ethan, thanks for joining.