#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

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

#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

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!

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

Will we be able to manufacture infrastructure on the moon? “We see a very large and feasible potential for building infrastructure using resources on the surface moon.” - Redwire CGO Al Tadros

How does manufacturing fit into the infrastructure on the moon? "There is a lot of interest from within Redwire to manufacture using resources on the moon with techniques we have already started to demonstrate on orbit." - Al Tadros, CGO of Redwire Space

“The more infrastructure we have in LEO, the easier it is to do science in cislunar space, the easier it is to explore the moon and Mars. The less infrastructure we have, the harder it will be to do those things.” - Andrew Rush, COO of Redwire Space

How will launch cost enable more commerce in low-Earth orbit? “The lower the price goes for launch operation and return, the more business models become accessible.” - Andrew Rush, COO of Redwire Space

"I want to see factories in space and I want to build those factories in space. We are already in the proof-of-potential phase. I believe the team at Redwire is the team that will be at the forefront of this.” - Andrew Rush (@RushSpace), COO of Redwire Space