NASA administrator Bill Nelson visits Jacksonville’s Redwire facility – WJXT News4JAX
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Published: May 10, 2022, 12:18 PM
Updated: May 10, 2022, 5:19 PM
Carianne Luter, Social Media Producer
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – NASA administrator Bill Nelson was in Jacksonville on Tuesday visiting the Redwire Space headquarters.
He toured the Archinaut testing and robotics lab at 1:15 p.m.
The Redwire is working on NASA’s on-orbit servicing, assembly, and manufacturing 2 (OSAM-2) mission, which will build, assemble and deploy a solar array in orbit, according to a release.
“During the visit, Nelson will see firsthand Redwire’s efforts to use lunar and Martian dust to 3D print on the Moon and Mars,” a release said.
Nelson was briefed on in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM) capabilities, which support the national strategy announced by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Space Council to transform space architectures and help maintain U.S. leadership in space.
The Redwire facility in Jacksonville serves as the corporate headquarters and boasts 37,000 square feet of space and working areas for prototyping and manufacture/test of flight hardware. The facility also houses professional office areas to facilitate design, analysis, meetings, and other professional functions.
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Carianne Luter is a social media producer for News4Jax and has worked at Channel 4 since December 2015. She graduated from the University of North Florida with a degree in communications.
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