Redwire Returns First Bioprinted Cardiac Tissue from ISS
Redwire also returned 36 experiments from another module which grows pharmaceutical crystals.
Stories about missions to service and assemble spacecraft in orbit, in addition to in-space manufacturing capabilities.
Redwire also returned 36 experiments from another module which grows pharmaceutical crystals.
Rocket Lab and True Anomaly will square off in orbit next year.
Private companies are already launching missions that capture the key technology needs for OSAM.
The mission aims to give a spacecraft the vision necessary to serve as a training platform for Space Force Guardians.
Orbit Fab’s RAFTI satellite fueling ports have officially been qualified, and the hardware is beginning to ship to customers, two senior leaders at the startup told Payload.
An October 2023 report from NASA’s inspector general blamed Maxar, which built the spacecraft bus and a robotic arm for the mission.
The UK Space Agency has tapped in-orbit servicing start-up ClearSpace to research satellite refueling, taking a step toward the British agency’s commitment last fall to invest in space sustainability.
The Space Force chose Northrop’s ($NOC) satellite propellant refueling system as a standard design for future military spacecraft, a decision that could shape the orbital servicing industry.
Orbit Fab and ClearSpace are teaming up to bring their in-space servicing capabilities together in orbit.
Orbit Fab, a US-based company building in-space refueling infrastructure (i.e., orbital gas stations), announced this morning that it is teaming up with the Aussie-based Space Machines Company (SMC) to attach more efficient docking hardware to SMC’s orbital transfer vehicle, which is expected to launch next year.
Neil Buchanan wasted no time after completing his Master’s thesis on in-space manufacturing to jump in and get hands-on.
In-orbit wireless charging for spacecraft, here we come.