Created: 2022-09-03
Updated: 2023-03-12
Product/Service - Greenhouse
- Classification
- In-Space Manufacturing
- Category
- In-Space Manufacturing
- Fields
- Food for Space
- Status
- Development
- First launch
- 2023
Space Food
Science Missions
Product/Service - PIL-BOX
- Classification
- In-Space Manufacturing
- Category
- In-Space Manufacturing
- Fields
- Biological Research
Biotech
- Status
- Development
- First launch
- Not announced
Bio-crystal Optimization Xperiment (PIL-BOX) platforms
- The PIL-BOX platform has exciting implications for advancing pharmaceutical research and development in space.
- The technology builds on Redwire’s extensive space crystallization flight heritage, which dates back to the space shuttle era through its Advanced Space Experiment Processor.
Created: 2023-02-05
Updated: 2023-03-15
Product/Service - Ceramics Manufacturing Module (CMM)
- Classification
- In-Space Manufacturing
- Category
- In-Space Manufacturing
In-Space Assembly
- Fields
- Materials to Earth
- Status
- Demonstrated
- First launch
- 2020
Ceramics Manufacturing Module (CMM)
- CMM makes use of a circular build platform with a diameter of 80 millimeters (3.15 inches). This equates to a cross-sectional build area of 5000 square millimeters (7.8 square inches)
- Vertically, the build platform can translate 30
- millimeters (1.2 inches) allowing CMM to print
- parts of that height or shorter
- CMM total build volume is 150,000 cubic
- millimeters (9.2 cubic inches)
- The build chamber carries 206 milliliters of
- ceramic resin for printing
Power Level: - CMM draws approximately 75-80 watts of power during printing operations
Resin Capabilities: - CMM can print using several different resins
- Tethon 3D’s Porcelite® can be SLA printed at 25 micron layer thickness
- After firing Tethon 3D’s Porcelite® parts in a kiln, they can withstand temperatures greater than 1000 degrees Celsius (1800 degrees Fahrenheit)
The Turbine Ceramic Manufacturing Module (CMM) is a commercial in-space manufacturing device designed to demonstrate proof-of-principle single-piece ceramic turbine blisk manufacturing in microgravity for terrestrial use.
Turbine Superalloy Casting Module (TSCM)
Created: 2023-02-05
Updated: 2023-03-15
Product/Service - Industrial Crystallization Facility, ICF
- Classification
- In-Space Manufacturing
- Category
- In-Space Manufacturing
In-Space Assembly
- Fields
- Materials to Earth
Glass
- Status
- Demonstrated
- First launch
- 2023
- First sale of its space-manufactured optical crystal to researchers at the Center for Electron Microscopy and Analysis (CEMAS), a leading electron microscopy facility, at The Ohio State University.
- The transaction recorded two grams of space-manufactured crystal were sold to Ohio State. Based on the sample size sold, the space-manufactured crystals have an approximate value of $2 million per kilogram.
Industrial Crystallization Facility
- Launched its sixth manufacturing facility to the International Space Station (ISS) on Northrop Grumman’s 15th commercial resupply mission (NG-15). On Earth, certain KDP crystals are used in high-power, large laser systems. These crystals are often subject to laser-induced damage which limits the output of the system. This damage is often caused by impurities created during the crystal growth process. ICF will employ specific crystal growth techniques in microgravity that could minimize these gravity-induced defects and yield improved crystals for these types of applications. While organic molecular crystal growth has been studied on the International Space Station for many years, ICF is explicitly focused on growing inorganic crystals for industrial applications.
- ICF is a commercial in-space manufacturing device designed to provide proof-of-principle for diffusion-based crystallization methods to produce high-quality optical crystals in microgravity relevant for terrestrial use, specifically laser optics products. The ICF’s in-orbit operations could provide a valuable understanding of the diffusion process in microgravity and will open access channels to those within the materials and in-space production research communities. In-space production applications and advanced materials are areas of focus for the ISS National Lab and the nation, and space-based research and development within these fields may yield results that bring value back to our nation and drive a robust and sustainable market in low Earth orbit.
Created: 2023-02-05
Updated: 2023-03-15
Product/Service
- Classification
- Surface Spacecraft
- Category
- Commercial Rover
Hardware
ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)
Space Mining
Commercial Lander
- Fields
- Lunar Rover
Moon
- Status
- Concept
- First launch
- Not announced
- Partners
- Made In Space
Rover/Lander
- Nine U.S. companies now are eligible to bid on NASA delivery services to the lunar surface through Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contracts, as one of the first steps toward long-term scientific study and human exploration of the Moon and eventually Mars.
- These companies will be able to bid on delivering science and technology payloads for NASA, including payload integration and operations, launching from Earth and landing on the surface of the Moon. NASA expects to be one of many customers that will use these commercial landing services.
Lunar Mining
- Redwire Space, headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, won first place and $125,000 for its proposed two-rover system designed for simplicity and robustness.
- The company’s Lunar Regolith Excavator (L-Rex) would excavate large amounts of icy regolith. A versatile, low-mass transportation rover called Lunar Transporter (L-Tran) would be responsible for deploying the excavator and delivering regolith and ice.
Debris Removal
The Redwire website as of early 2023 does not feature lunar rovers (or lander) and no further NASA awards for CLPS have been found. Thus the status of this activity is set as Concept because the render exists.
Created: 2019-01-22
Updated: 2023-02-26
Product/Service - Redwire Fiber Optics, Glass Alloy Manufacturing Machine (GAMMA)
- Classification
- In-Space Manufacturing
- Category
- In-Space Manufacturing
- Fields
- ZBLAN
- Status
- Demonstrated
- First launch
- 2018
ZBLAN
Glass Alloy Manufacturing Machine (GAMMA)
Developing a Glass Alloy Manufacturing Machine (GAMMA), an experimental system designed to investigate how glass alloys form without the effects of gravity-induced flaws.
Created: 2018-11-01
Updated: 2023-02-26
Product/Service - Additive Manufacturing Facility, AMF
- Classification
- In-Space Manufacturing
- Category
- In-Space Manufacturing
In-Space Assembly
- Fields
- Large Space Structures
Additive Manufacturing (3D printing)
- Status
- Demonstrated
- First launch
- 2016
3D Printer - Additive Manufacturing Facility
- AMF is our flagship technology onboard the ISS and its versatility and durability have made it a reliable resource for government and commercial customers since its activation in 2016.
- It has produced over 200 tools, assets, and parts in orbit. AMF’s legacy has been the foundation for our technology roadmap and manufacturing programs as Made In Space develops new capabilities that will leverage additive manufacturing in space for unprecedented applications.
- RRP is a technology demonstration mission, developed in partnership with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.
- The mission will demonstrate autonomous, on-orbit 3D printing with regolith feedstock material using Redwire’s Additive Manufacturing Facility currently aboard the ISS.
- Redwire will launch three custom-design 3D printing heads and three print bed surfaces on NG-16 to support RRP’s on-orbit operations.
Created: 2022-08-28
Updated: 2023-03-15
Product/Service
- Classification
- In-Space Manufacturing
- Category
- In-Space Manufacturing
- Fields
- Orbital Microfabrication
- Status
- Development
- First launch
- 2023
Orbital Microfabrication
Working on manufacturing electronics and semiconductors in LEO. Experiment is scheduled to fly to ISS on CRS-28 in 2023.
Created: 2022-09-25
Updated: 2023-02-26
Product/Service - Archinaut, Optimast, STAARK
- Classification
- In-Space Manufacturing
- Category
- In-Space Manufacturing
In-Space Assembly
Robotic Arm
Space Robotics
Hardware
- Fields
- Large Space Structures
- Status
- Development
- First launch
- 2024
OSAM-2 (Archinaut One)
- OSAM-2, also known as Archinaut One, is a $73.7 million contract between Redwire and NASA signed in 2019. OSAM-2 is a technology demonstration mission funded by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate and is scheduled to launch no earlier than 2023.
- Redwire’s Trailblazing OSAM-2 Mission Passes Critical NASA Milestone.
STAARK Robotic Arm
- STAARK is an affordable, modular, and easily customized robotic system designed for various on-orbit robotics applications.
- A manipulator made with highly modular joints and links allows easy customization of dexterity and length to address mission requirements and spacecraft stowage volume constraints.
Hardware
Created: 2023-02-05
Updated: 2023-03-15
Product/Service - 3D BioFabrication Facility (BFF)
- Classification
- In-Space Manufacturing
- Category
- In-Space Manufacturing
Microgravity Research Payloads
- Fields
- Organic Tissue
Microfluidic Chips
Organs on chips (OOC)
Orbital Microfabrication
- Status
- Demonstrated
- First launch
- 2019
- Partners
- nScrypt
Biotechnology
Created: 2019-01-31
Updated: 2023-02-26
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