Redwire Space is a space infrastructure company that provides critical technologies and solutions for space missions. It specializes in areas like power generation, deployable structures, microgravity research, and in-space manufacturing, including 3D printing. Redwire partners with organizations like Sierra Space, NASA, ESA, and the ISS National Lab, providing hardware, payload development, and engineering services to enable space exploration and commercial activities in low Earth orbit and beyond.
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Redwire has approximately 1,400 employees across Europe and North America.
Redwire’s Greenhouse system will make its inaugural flight on the Astrobiome Space mission.
PONDS devices were developed in partnership with Tupperware Brands and are currently operated by Redwire aboard the ISS.
Redwire’s European operations are based in Luxembourg.
Redwire’s Luxembourg facility designs and develops advanced robotic arm systems for satellite servicing, refueling, payload management, and in-space manufacturing.
Redwire’s Greenhouse uses flight-qualified plant growth technology, including the Passive Orbital Nutrient Delivery System, or PONDS.
Redwire’s Greenhouse platform is designed to support institutional and commercial customers with plant science and industrial research goals.
Astrobiome Space will begin growing test crops in Redwire’s Greenhouse system on Earth in June before the ISS flight.
Redwire Corporation won a contract from Luxembourg-based biotechnology startup Astrobiome Space S.à r.l. to grow the first wild strawberries ever cultivated in orbit aboard the International Space Station.
Redwire’s Luxembourg operations also support debris capture and other on-orbit servicing applications.
Astrobiome Space will use a proprietary biostimulant developed from microbes adapted to extreme space environments to cultivate wild strawberries in Redwire’s Greenhouse aboard the ISS.
Redwire’s Luxembourg-based team developed MANUS in collaboration with Added Value Solutions and with support from ESA.
Redwire developed, tested, and delivered a robotic arm prototype for cargo operations on the European Space Agency’s planned lunar lander.
Redwire developed, tested, and delivered the MANUS robotic arm prototype for the European Space Agency’s planned Argonaut lunar lander.
Redwire’s Luxembourg-based team developed MANUS in collaboration with Added Value Solutions with support from ESA.
Redwire awarded Voyager Technologies a subcontract to supply a high-precision Acceleration Measurement System for the DARPA Otter spacecraft.
Redwire is a publicly traded space technology company with a portfolio spanning deployable structures, power systems, and advanced manufacturing.
Redwire says the MANUS robotic arm can load and unload cargo, transfer power to surface assets such as rovers, and collect lunar regolith samples for analysis.
In early 2024, ESA awarded contracts to Redwire and PIAP Space to deliver an initial prototype of the MANUS system for its future lunar lander platform.
Redwire can compete for a follow-on MANUS contract after completing the initial prototype work.