Redwire (Redwire Space)
Canvas Category OEM : Aerospace
We are developing mission critical space solutions and high reliability components that are shaping the future of space exploration. With decades of flight heritage combined with an agile and innovative culture, Redwire is uniquely positioned to take on the critical space missions of today and tomorrow.
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Redwire’s First-of-Its-Kind Component Manufacturing Facility Successfully Completes Pathfinder Mission
Redwire’s MSTIC facility recently returned to Earth after successfully completing operations on the International Space Station (ISS) for a groundbreaking pathfinder mission to demonstrate advanced in-space manufacturing techniques. Developed in partnership with the ISS National Laboratory and NASA’s In Space Production Applications Flight Demonstrations program, MSTIC is an autonomous semiconductor manufacturing platform that was launched to the ISS onboard Northrop Grumman’s 20th cargo resupply services mission (NG-20) in February 2024.
MSTIC is being developed to 3D print semiconductor devices and thin-film integrated coatings to explore the beneficial effects of microgravity on these structures. Operations during the first mission demonstrated elements of processing by Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) and Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD). MSTIC includes a swappable production vacuum chamber, swappable gas cylinders, a crew serviceable computer, and high-voltage power supplies to produce a fully contained autonomous sputtering system.
🚀 2023 NASA Tipping Point Selections
NASA has selected 11 U.S. companies to develop technologies that will support long-term exploration on the Moon and in space under its sixth Tipping Point opportunity. The total expected NASA contribution to the partnerships is $150 million. Each company will contribute a minimum percentage, based on company size, of the total project cost. NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) will issue milestone-based funded Space Act Agreements lasting for up to four years.