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Redwire Corporation, a leader in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced that it has been awarded a contract by the European Space Agency to develop a robotic arm prototype for the agency\u2019s Argonaut Lunar Lander<\/strong>, which will establish the capability for Europe to land 1,500-1,800 kg of cargo, infrastructure, and scientific instruments on the lunar surface.<\/p>\n The Manipulator for Argonaut Payload Needs and Unloading Support (MANUS) system will be a crucial capability for Argonaut\u2019s logistics operations on the lunar surface. The MANUS system will enable Argonaut\u2019s surface logistics operations such as offloading, precise positioning and retrieval of objects, and positioning of the lander. Redwire will develop, breadboard, test, and verify the functions of the MANUS with the opportunity to compete for a follow-on contract.<\/p>\n \u201cRedwire is proud to be leveraging its significant heritage in space robotics technology for ESA\u2019s Argonaut mission, ensuring that it meets the highest standards of performance, reliability, and safety,\u201d said Jaroslaw Jaworski<\/strong> Managing Director of Redwire Space\u2019s Luxembourg Facility. \u201cAs a leader in robotic arm development and with a proven track record of delivering innovative solutions for ambitious space exploration missions, Redwire\u2019s robotic capabilities are poised to play a crucial role in future European space missions, contributing to lunar exploration and paving the way for advancements in space exploration technology.\u201d<\/p>\n MANUS will be developed at Redwire\u2019s Luxembourg facility, which currently develops Redwire\u2019s STAARK<\/strong> robotic arm, a modular and easily customized robotic system designed for various on-orbit robotics applications.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are very excited to be working with Redwire\u2019s Luxembourg team on the development of a first scaled breadboard for a robotic arm for the Argonaut lander -currently referred to as MANUS. With challenging reference scenarios for three potential Argonaut missions to address and challenging user requirements to meet, it will be an interesting 18 months until the close-out of this activity,\u201d said Dr. Gunter Just<\/strong>, ESA Robotics Engineer.<\/p>\n \u201cTechnology developments are essential in building capacity to go further in the direction of a sustainable utilization of space resources. The lunar robotic arm project that Redwire will be working on, here in Luxembourg, for ESA\u2019s moon lander is not only a testimony of Luxembourg\u2019s successful strategy in developing a thriving space ecosystem, but will also contribute to further position the country as a European hub for commercial space and for space resources in particular. We are looking forward to it!\u201d says Mathias Link<\/strong>, deputy CEO of the Luxembourg Space Agency.<\/p>\n Redwire has a growing portfolio of lunar infrastructure projects, which leverage Redwire\u2019s extensive experience in mission design, RF systems, power systems, vision systems, space structures, and in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing. In December, Redwire was awarded a DARPA study contract to investigate future commercial lunar infrastructure. Redwire is also prototyping technology meant to build critical infrastructure such as roads and landing pads on the lunar surface through a $12.9 million Tipping Point contract with NASA. Earlier this year, Redwire announced that it is providing Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA)<\/strong> technology for Astrobotic\u2019s Lunar Vertical Solar Array Technology (LVSAT) program to deliver power on the lunar surface. LVSAT will provide power for missions on the Moon starting with NASA\u2019s Artemis program and will provide power needed for habitats and other lunar infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Redwire Corporation, a leader in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced that it has been awarded a contract by the European Space Agency to develop a robotic arm prototype for the agency\u2019s Argonaut Lunar Lander, which will establish the capability for Europe to land 1,500-1,800 kg of cargo, infrastructure, and scientific instruments […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,25,27,20,62],"class_list":["post-6888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-launch","tag-power-systems","tag-satellite","tag-solar-panels"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6888"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}