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Made In Space To Demonstrate Archinaut In-Space Manufacturing Capability This Summer

Monday, April 10th, 2017

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--A growing new space company this summer will demonstrate an in-space assembly and manufacturing platform it believes will enables autonomous manufacture and assembly of spacecraft systems on orbit.Made in Space has been working on its Archinaut platform under a two-year, $19.1 million NASA contract, according to company CEO Andrew Rush. The NASA award is one of three Tipping Point Technology contracts awarded for capabilities including low size, weight and power (SWaP) instruments for remote sensing applications and small…

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