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AEXA Featured on FOX: From ISS Holographic Teleportation to AI Presence

AS SEEN ON LIVENOW FROM FOX

Dr. Fernando De La Peña Llaca joined LiveNOW from FOX to discuss AEXA’s evolution from historic holographic teleportation with the International Space Station to today’s AI-powered holographic presence.

The conversation explored applications in hospitals, airports and museums, AEXA’s work with the House of Vanderbilt at Grand Central Terminal, and why AI should augment human capabilities rather than replace them.

The interview also touched on the personal inspiration behind one of AEXA’s defining questions:

What if you could have one more conversation?

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World Space Week Meets Hispanic Heritage Month: AEXA From Space to AI Presence

AEXA’s journey from the International Space Station to Grand Central Terminal, highlighting the evolution of holographic presence into AI-powered human interaction during World Space Week and Hispanic Heritage Month.

Houston founder Dr. Fernando De La Peña Llaca connects the ISS holoportation milestone, Grand Central and the next generation of human-centered AI.

The next era of AI will not live only on a screen. It will have presence. — Dr. Fernando De La Peña Llaca

HOUSTON, TX, UNITED STATES, October 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — During World Space Week and National Hispanic Heritage Month, Houston aerospace innovator Dr. Fernando De La Peña Llaca is opening private media briefings and demonstrations of HoloConnect AI while marking nearly five years since helping pioneer the first holoportation handshake from Earth into space.

On October 8, 2021, De La Peña Llaca, NASA flight surgeon Dr. Josef Schmid and their teams became the first humans holoported from Earth into space, communicating with European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet aboard the International Space Station. NASA later described the demonstration as the first holoportation handshake from Earth in space.

Last month, on September 15, AEXA brought a new generation of that idea into Vanderbilt Hall at Grand Central Terminal through a collaboration with the House of Vanderbilt and Vanderbilt & Seewald Global Studio.

There, Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin interacted with life-size holographic AI portrayals of figures from her family’s history inside Vanderbilt Hall, demonstrating how artificial intelligence and digital presence can connect generations across time.

“Space taught us that presence can change the way people communicate across enormous distances,” said De La Peña Llaca, founder and CEO of AEXA. “Now artificial intelligence gives us the opportunity to take that idea much further. The next era of AI will not live only on a screen. It will have presence.”

“What if you could have another conversation with someone from history whose story should never disappear?”

That question is helping define AEXA’s next chapter.

HoloConnect AI combines life-size visual presence with conversational artificial intelligence, creating an interface through which people can engage with AI agents, historical personalities and interactive digital experiences in physical environments including museums, airports, healthcare, hospitality, education and enterprise settings.

AEXA is also developing Aexa Aware, an interaction-aware AI layer designed to respond to observable signals such as gaze, attention, speech timing, vocal characteristics and behavioral context. The goal is to allow an AI agent to adapt not only to the words being spoken, but also to aspects of how a person is interacting with it.

Together, HoloConnect AI and Aexa Aware are part of AEXA’s broader vision of moving artificial intelligence beyond conventional screens and chat interfaces toward more natural human interaction.

The timing carries particular meaning for De La Peña Llaca, a Hispanic entrepreneur whose aerospace journey has been rooted in Houston.

“America’s space program has always been built by people bringing different backgrounds, ideas and experiences to extraordinarily difficult problems,” De La Peña Llaca said. “I hope our journey inspires the next generation of Hispanic engineers, entrepreneurs and students to understand that they can help build what comes next.”

World Space Week is observed globally October 4 through October 10. National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed in the United States September 15 through October 15.

Private media briefings and demonstrations of HoloConnect AI and Aexa Aware are available by request. In-person and virtual options are available for journalists, technology leaders, investors and potential partners.

Photos and video from the 2021 International Space Station demonstration, Grand Central Terminal and HoloConnect AI are available for media use upon request.

ABOUT AEXA

Founded in Houston in 2012, AEXA Aerospace develops technologies spanning immersive communication, artificial intelligence and human-centered digital presence. Its work includes software used during the historic 2021 holoportation demonstration aboard the International Space Station and the continued development of AI-powered holographic experiences for commercial, cultural and enterprise applications.

From the International Space Station to the House of Vanderbilt: Aexa Expands Holographic AI Through Landmark Partnership

HOUSTON, Texas — Aexa Aerospace and Aexa Tech are entering a new chapter in holographic artificial intelligence through a commercial partnership with the House of Vanderbilt.

The Aexa House of Vanderbilt partnership brings together technology, history, culture and immersive human presence. It also marks an important step in Aexa’s evolution from space-based innovation to commercial AI experiences.

From Space to a Strategic Partnership

Aexa’s journey into holographic presence began long before Grand Central Terminal.

In 2021, Aexa Aerospace participated in the historic holoportation demonstration with NASA aboard the International Space Station. The milestone demonstrated how people could connect across extraordinary distances through holographic communication.

Today, Aexa is expanding that foundation through Aexa Tech and HoloConnect AI.

The technology is moving beyond remote communication. It is becoming a platform for intelligent, human-scale digital presence in the physical world.

At the center of this next chapter is the House of Vanderbilt.

Bringing Vanderbilt History to Life at Grand Central

The partnership made a powerful public debut at Grand Central Terminal in New York City.

Using Aexa’s HoloConnect AI technology, the experience brought members of Vanderbilt history into the present as interactive, life-size digital figures.

The experience featured representations of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Alva Vanderbilt, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan.

The location carried special meaning. Grand Central Terminal stands as one of the most recognizable landmarks connected to the Vanderbilt legacy.

There, history and artificial intelligence came together in the same space.

Visitors could experience figures from the past in a new way, not simply through photographs, text or archival material, but through digital presence.

More Than a Single Activation

For Aexa, Grand Central is only the beginning.

The partnership between Aexa Tech and the House of Vanderbilt opens opportunities to explore holographic AI across luxury, fashion, hospitality, cultural experiences, historical preservation, entertainment and global brand activations.

Together, the organizations are exploring how technology can create experiences that are more immersive, personal and memorable.

HoloConnect AI is designed to move artificial intelligence beyond the traditional screen.

Instead of interacting only through a phone, computer or tablet, people can engage with digital humans, historical personalities, experts and AI agents at human scale and in real-world environments.

When Artificial Intelligence Gains Presence

Aexa sees the next generation of artificial intelligence as more than software that answers questions.

The goal is to give intelligence a presence.

That means creating experiences where AI can communicate more naturally and become part of the physical environment.

It also introduces a much more human question:

What if you could have one more conversation?

With someone from history.

With someone who shaped a family, an industry or a generation.

With someone whose story should never disappear.

The Aexa House of Vanderbilt partnership demonstrates how artificial intelligence can move beyond information and become a new medium for presence, memory and human connection

From the International Space Station to What Comes Next

Aexa’s journey began with holographic communication in space.

Today, that technology is moving into cultural landmarks, businesses and immersive commercial environments.

The House of Vanderbilt partnership represents an important step in that evolution.

From the International Space Station to Grand Central Terminal, Aexa is working toward a future where artificial intelligence is not only something people use.

It is something they can experience.

The future of AI is presence.

Aexa Aerospace Launches Post-Quantum Vault Beta to Help Protect Data for the Quantum Era

Post-quantum encryption

New browser-based platform uses NIST-standardized post-quantum cryptography to protect files locally, without sending original unencrypted files, private keys, or passphrases to Aexa servers

HOUSTON, Texas, September 7, 2026 , Aexa Aerospace today announced the beta launch of Aexa Post-Quantum Vault, a new file-protection platform designed to help organizations and individuals begin preparing for a future in which large-scale quantum computers may challenge many of today’s widely used public-key cryptographic systems.

Aexa Post-Quantum Vault combines ML-KEM, the Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism standardized by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology under FIPS 203, with AES-256-GCM authenticated encryption for protecting file contents.

The Web Vault performs encryption and decryption locally inside the user’s browser. Aexa servers host the application but do not receive the user’s original unencrypted files, private keys, passphrases, or decrypted output.

“The transition to post-quantum security is not something organizations should wait to think about until quantum computers become powerful enough to threaten existing systems,” said Fernando De La Peña, President and CEO of Aexa Aerospace. “Our goal with Aexa Post-Quantum Vault is to make the first step understandable and practical. Select a file, protect it locally, and use cryptography designed for the post-quantum era.”

Preparing for a Different Security Environment

Much of today’s secure digital infrastructure relies on public-key technologies such as RSA and elliptic-curve cryptography. A sufficiently capable future quantum computer could fundamentally alter the security assumptions behind those systems.

This has created growing concern around the concept of “harvest now, decrypt later,” in which encrypted information is collected today with the expectation that future computing advances may make some of it easier to decrypt.

Aexa Post-Quantum Vault is designed around cryptographic algorithms developed specifically to address currently understood quantum threats.

The beta does not claim to be “quantum proof,” nor can any cryptographic system guarantee security against every future discovery. Instead, Aexa is implementing standardized post-quantum cryptography while building the product around transparency, local processing, and verifiable security controls.

Simple Three-Step Workflow

Aexa designed the beta so users do not need to understand the mathematics behind post-quantum cryptography.

1. Generate Identity
The user creates a private key and a corresponding public key. The private key remains protected by the user, while the public key can be shared with others.

2. Protect a File
A user selects a file and the intended recipient’s public key. The file is encrypted locally in the browser using ML-KEM-based key establishment and AES-256-GCM.

3. Unlock a File
The recipient uses their private key and passphrase to unlock the protected .aex file locally.

The platform can protect common file types including documents, PDFs, images, archives, and other files.

Built With Separation and Transparency in Mind

Aexa operates the public information site and the cryptographic application on separate web origins:

Product information:
https://vault.aexa.com/

Web Vault application:
https://webvault.aexa.com/

The application is distributed as a fixed set of files with published integrity information, allowing the deployed software to be independently compared against recorded release hashes.

The initial beta currently supports two ML-KEM profiles:

Standard: ML-KEM-768
High Assurance Cryptographic Profile: ML-KEM-1024

Both use AES-256-GCM for file-content protection.

From Presence Technology to Secure Digital Infrastructure

Aexa Aerospace has developed technologies spanning space operations, holographic presence, artificial intelligence, advanced systems integration, and secure mission environments.

The Post-Quantum Vault expands that technology portfolio into another rapidly emerging challenge: preparing digital information for the transition to post-quantum cryptography.

“Aexa has always focused on taking technologies that can feel futuristic and turning them into something people can actually use,” De La Peña said. “Post-quantum cryptography should be approached the same way. The technology is sophisticated, but the experience does not need to be.”

Beta Access

Aexa Post-Quantum Vault is now available for beta evaluation at:

https://vault.aexa.com

During the beta period, Aexa recommends that participants use non-sensitive test files only and provide feedback on usability, workflow clarity, key management, and the overall encryption and decryption experience.

The beta is not currently represented as approved for classified information, National Security Systems, CUI, or other regulated workloads unless separately authorized and validated for the applicable environment.

About Aexa Aerospace

Aexa Aerospace develops advanced technologies at the intersection of space, holographic presence, artificial intelligence, secure systems, and emerging digital infrastructure. Aexa technologies have supported work associated with human spaceflight and are being adapted for applications across aerospace, defense, transportation, healthcare, education, and enterprise environments.

Learn more: https://aexa.com/
Explore Aexa Post-Quantum Vault: https://vault.aexa.com/