About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
MS&T25: Materials Science & Technology
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| Symposium
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Materials and Manufacturing in Low Earth Orbit (and Beyond)
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| Presentation Title |
Building Materials Research and Manufacturing Capabilities in Low Earth Orbit |
| Author(s) |
Jonathan Volk |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Jonathan Volk |
| Abstract Scope |
The newly formed Voyager Space Solutions brings together the merger of two companies (ZIN Technologies and Nanoracks) with a rich history of payload and facility development on the ISS related to materials science and manufacturing investigations. In total, Voyager Space Solutions has flown over 2,000 payloads to ISS, many utilizing their commercially owned hardware and platforms. As materials research and manufacturing in space evolves off of ISS and onto free-flyers and commercial LEO destinations (CLDs), Voyager is already working directly on and collaborating with other organizations on building the next generation infrastructure to support advancement in materials research and in-space manufacturing of a wide variety of novel materials. |