Redwire Space (Formerly Made In Space)

#OTD 5 years ago, our @MadeInSpace Additive Manufacturing Facility (AMF) arrived to @Space_Station! As the first commercial 3D printer on the ISS, AMF paved the way for commercial in-space manufacturing & provided key insights for new in-space manufacturing technologies. (Thread)

NEWS: Redwire intends to go public through a merger with Genesis Park Acquisition Corp. Through this partnership, we will shape the future of space exploration & operations for generations to come. Learn more: bit.ly/2P9uPps

Crystals of all types have been grown on Earth and in space. What makes the nonlinear optical crystals from ICF so special? Check out this infographic on the differences between protein crystals, which are well studied on @Space_Station, and our optical crystal:

We are one day away from the launch of our Industrial Crystallization Facility (ICF)! ICF will be the first facility to grow inorganic potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) crystals aboard @Space_Station. What does that mean & how will microgravity help? Learn more in this thread:

We’re launching our sixth manufacturing facility to @Space_Station, the Industrial Crystallization Facility (ICF)! ICF is scheduled to launch from @NASA_Wallops aboard NG CRS-15 NET Feb. 20 at 12:36pm ET. Learn more: bit.ly/3jB4HyJ

Home safe and sound! ⚙️ Redwire team members traveled to @NASAKennedy today to pick up our Ceramic Manufacturing Module (CMM) test prints from the @Space_Station Processing Facility. The samples are now headed back to our facility for further analysis.

We have splashdown! The @SpaceX Dragon capsule, carrying our Ceramic Manufacturing Module prints, splashed down off the coast of Florida last night. Our teams are eager to analyze the samples as we work to optimize and scale these new in-space manufacturing capabilities.

Redwire is pleased to announce that Chief Operating Officer Andrew Rush has been promoted to the position of President and COO: bit.ly/3rQDig1

#HappyNewYear from the Made In Space and @redwire team! Cheers to even more exciting technological advances in 2021!

#MerryChristmas and Happy Holidays from the Made In Space and @redwire team! We hope that you have a safe and relaxing holiday season.

Welcome to the team, LoadPath!

Congratulations to our @MadeInSpace team for receiving the NASA Exceptional Technology Achievement Medal! 🎉 The medal was awarded for the team’s pioneering success developing & operating in-space manufacturing facilities on the @Space_Station! bit.ly/37vC8Nr

Our team is honored to receive the NASA Exceptional Technology Achievement Medal! With NASA, we have 3 new ISS pilot payloads that aim to increase demand for commercial capabilities in low-Earth orbit by producing high-value products for markets. bit.ly/37vC8Nr

#DYK that CMM is the first SLA printer on @Space_Station? Before module install & ops, our engineers projected images on the lens cap of the CMM to ensure the projector was in focus. This image highlights the partners that supported this historic mission: bit.ly/3mxbvyb

A historic milestone for space enabled manufacturing! Thanks to @NASA, our technical partners, and our incredible team for supporting this mission.

Redwire technology is poised to change how we build spacecraft. Our Archinaut One mission, being developed by our @madeinspace team, features a satellite that will manufacture and assemble its own components on-orbit!

LIVE NOW: Former @MadeInSpace CEO and current Redwire Space COO Andrew Rush talks about how robotic manufacturing and spacecraft design can support large-scale structures in space

When discussing Redwire mission opportunities: "Archinaut One is a critical mission in our portfolio. It will be the first demonstration of a smallsat actually manufacturing parts of its infrastructure on-orbit. It’s a game-changing technology.” - Redwire CEO Peter Cannito

"We’re bringing together companies that are focused on revolutionizing space infrastructure so they can achieve the scale necessary to do much larger programs & have that virtuous cycle of investment so that they continue to push the state-of-the-art." - Redwire CEO Peter Cannito

"We wanted to bring together some of those long-term, proven, phenomenal flight-heritage companies and put them into the same entity with the disruptors so that you have a nice blend of proven flight heritage with game-changing technology." - Redwire CEO Peter Cannito