Firefly Aerospace Selects Redwire as Key Mission Partner in Lunar Lander Mission to Launch in 2023 | News
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JACKSONVILLE, Florida., August 18, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Redwire, a leading provider of mission-critical space solutions and highly reliable components for the next-generation space economy, has received a subcontract from Firefly Aerospace to supply avionics and critical navigation systems for its Blue Ghost lunar lander. Firefly Aerospace was awarded a contract to supply a series of 10 scientific studies and technology demonstrations on the moon in 2023 for NASA’s Artemis program. The award is part of the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, in which NASA secures the service of commercial partners to land scientific and technological payloads quickly on the lunar surface.
“Redwire is proud to be a key partner in this lunar mission that will demonstrate new commercially developed ways to explore the lunar surface,” said Al Tadros, Chief Growth Officer and Executive Vice President of Space Infrastructure at Redwire. “Our next generation technology provides critical capabilities for today’s most advanced lunar missions and exploration targets.”
“We are proud to have selected Redwire as an important partner,” said Shea Ferring, Senior Vice President, Spacecraft for Firefly. “Your expertise in interplanetary missions was an important factor in the selection.”
Through the deal with Firefly, Redwire will supply the core avionics for the Blue Ghost lander, as well as 10 cameras for the lander and the optical navigation system that Blue Ghost will use to descend and land on the lunar surface. The camera system developed for Blue Ghost provides situational awareness and payload support, including ultra-high definition videos recorded throughout the mission. The optical navigation system includes terrain-based navigation and calculation of hazard avoidance within the Redwire Vision Navigation Processor.
“Redwire is proud to support Firefly in making this mission possible,” said Adam Biskner, Executive Vice President of Engineering Solutions at Redwire. “Redwire’s expertise in avionics, cameras and visual navigation systems will help ensure the Blue Ghost lander’s mission to better understand the moon’s scientific and economic potential.”
The Blue Ghost lander will touch down at Mare Crisium after completing some of the on-board experiments and technology demonstrations during transit and orbit. The lander will then operate on the lunar surface for 14 days (one lunar day) collecting data on the lunar surface in preparation for a future human presence on the moon. The lander is scheduled to launch with a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in 2023.
Building on decades of flight experience, Redwire provides high performance space camera and navigation systems for manned and robotic spacecraft requiring machine vision, optical navigation, science, remote sensing, photogrammetry, inspection, video surveillance and mission documentation for commercial, civil space and defense applications. Redwire cameras were recently selected for NASA’s commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon (PRISM) 1A Pure gamma as part of the Applied Physics Lab’s Lunar Vertex Science Instrument Suite.
About Redwire
Redwire is a leader in business critical space solutions and highly reliable components for the next generation space industry with valuable intellectual property for solar power generation and 3D printing and manufacturing in space. With decades of aviation experience combined with the agile and innovative culture of a commercial space platform, Redwire is uniquely positioned to support its customers in solving the complex challenges of future space missions. More information is available at www.redwirespace.com.
About Firefly Aerospace
Firefly develops a family of launch and space vehicles and services that offer industry-leading affordability, comfort and reliability. Firefly launch vehicles use common technologies, manufacturing infrastructure and launch capabilities and offer LEO launch solutions for up to ten tons of payload at the lowest cost per kg in the micro launch class. Combined with Firefly’s spacecraft, such as the Space Utility Vehicle and Blue Ghost Lunar Lander, Firefly provides the space industry with a single source for LEO missions to the lunar surface or beyond. Firefly is headquartered in Cedar Park, Texas.
More information is available at: www.firefly.com
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For Redwire:
Austin Jordan
Austin.jordan@redwirespace.com
321-536-8632
For Firefly Aerospace:
Kim Jennett
Kim.jennett@firefly.com
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