Redwire's Trailblazing OSAM-2 Mission Passes Critical NASA Milestone
06 4월 2022 - 9:30PM
Business Wire
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a leader in mission critical
infrastructure for the next generation space economy, recently
reached a milestone in a project aimed at developing robotic
technologies to build large structures in space by passing the
Mission Critical Design Review (CDR). The CDR marks the end of the
design phase for the On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing
2 (OSAM-2) mission and the beginning of the process of building and
verifying flight hardware. 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.
"We are proud to have accomplished this critical program
milestone for the OSAM-2 mission and to move one step closer to
launching this game-changing technology,” said Andrew Rush,
President and COO of Redwire. “The OSAM-2 mission will demonstrate
in-space manufacturing capabilities that could revolutionize the
space infrastructure landscape in low-Earth orbit and beyond.”
OSAM-2 is leveraging Redwire’s Archinaut platform, a
customizable suite of manufacturing and assembly technology that
can be integrated into free-flying satellites. OSAM-2 will use
additive manufacturing technology, also known as 3D printing, and a
robotic arm to build and manipulate structures and tools in space,
demonstrating critical technologies for producing space
infrastructure. After launch, the refrigerator-sized OSAM-2
spacecraft will build and deploy a surrogate solar array in orbit.
OSAM-2 will 3D print one beam that extends 10 meters from one side
of the spacecraft and a second one that extends six meters from the
other side. The Archinaut technologies that OSAM-2 demonstrates
have the potential to enable construction of structures that are
larger and lighter than what could be launched to orbit by any
currently operational rocket.
The OSAM-2 Mission CDR is the latest in a series of milestones
for the project. Redwire completed the project's preliminary design
phase in March of 2020 and completed CDRs for eight subsystems over
the past several months. In November 2020, Redwire demonstrated
OSAM-2's ability to print against flight loads by printing a
seven-meter vertical beam. In 2017, Redwire demonstrated additive
manufacturing technology by 3D printing beams in a thermal vacuum
chamber that simulates the conditions of space at NASA's Ames
Research Center in California. Redwire conducted a second thermal
vacuum chamber test and demonstrated the use of a robotic arm for
assembly and manufacturing in 2018.
After completing the CDR, OSAM-2 moves into the Assembly,
Integration and Test phase of the project. This summer, engineers
will conduct tests of the engineering design units and build
spacecraft flight hardware. OSAM-2 will then go through
environmental testing, payload integration and verification before
moving on to its final preparations before launch.
Once launched, OSAM-2 will demonstrate the feasibility of using
3D printing to produce space infrastructure. Such capabilities
could be used to build large structures in orbit like antennae,
solar arrays and space telescopes. The technology can also be
applied on the surface of the Moon or Mars to build habitats and
other facilities. These capabilities could play an important role
in NASA’s return to the Moon with the Artemis missions. The
technology could also reduce the need for spacewalks to build
structures. This capability could result in reduced risk and cost
savings as humanity returns to the Moon and pushes out farther into
the solar system.
About Redwire
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) is a leader in space
infrastructure for the next generation space economy, with valuable
IP for solar power generation and in-space 3D printing and
manufacturing. With decades of flight heritage combined with the
agile and innovative culture of a commercial space platform,
Redwire is uniquely positioned to assist its customers in solving
the complex challenges of future space missions. For more
information, please visit www.redwirespace.com.
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