Redwire Selected Among Leading Space Companies to Conduct Mars Surface-Imaging Study For NASA
May 21 2024 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a leader in space
infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced
today that it has been awarded a NASA/JPL contract to conduct a
study to conceptualize a Redwire-led commercial Mars spacecraft,
which will utilize Redwire’s heritage spacecraft technology to
provide surface imagery to industry and government customers. The
study could be used to support future Mars exploration
missions.
“This presents an exciting opportunity to advance scientific
discovery and exploration and we are proud to be recognized as a
key commercial partner for future Mars missions,” said Adam
Biskner, President of Redwire Space Systems. “Our proven spacecraft
systems continue to be a critical capability for NASA and
commercial missions to any Earth orbit, cislunar, and deep
space.”
Redwire is developing a commercial services concept which will
utilize an imaging payload and spacecraft bus to provide high
resolution imagery for science investigations, hazard assessment,
change detection, landing site selection, and conducting surface
asset monitoring and planning. The spacecraft bus design will draw
upon Redwire’s heritage satellite bus design that has been utilized
for multiple scientific missions and operated for more than 40
years in orbit without failure. Additionally, through its
partnership with Blue Origin, Redwire plans to investigate the
extensibility of leveraging the Blue Ring platform as an Orbital
Transfer Vehicle for Redwire’s spacecraft.
The imaging payload’s design will utilize Redwire’s Argus
platform, a proven vision system that has been demonstrated on
orbit and has multiple upcoming missions to low Earth orbit,
geostationary orbit, and the Moon.
Redwire’s broad array of space infrastructure capabilities is
enabling government and commercial missions to low Earth orbit,
cislunar, Mars, and beyond. To learn more about NASA’s Mars
Exploration Program commercial study, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/mars/nasa-selects-commercial-service-studies-to-enable-mars-robotic-science/.
About Redwire
Redwire Corporation (NYSE:RDW) is a global space infrastructure
and innovation company enabling civil, commercial, and national
security programs. Redwire’s proven and reliable capabilities
include avionics, sensors, power solutions, critical structures,
mechanisms, radio frequency systems, platforms, missions, and
microgravity payloads. Redwire combines decades of flight heritage
and proven experience with an agile and innovative culture.
Redwire’s approximately 700 employees working from 14 facilities
located throughout the United States and Europe are committed to
building a bold future in space for humanity, pushing the envelope
of discovery and science while creating a better world on Earth.
For more information, please visit redwirespace.com.
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