Redwire获航天局约4,000万美元合同 把空间站太阳翼技术搬到月球南极做发电演示
佛罗里达州 Jacksonville — 太空基础设施公司 Redwire（纽约证券交易所代码：RDW）11月10日宣布，已获选承接美国国家航空航天局（NASA）一项约4,000万美元的合同，为航天局的月球基地（Moon Base）计划提供一套综合发电系统，把该公司已在太空验证的卷轴式太阳翼（ROSA）技术搬上月球表面。
Redwire 说，这套系统以 ROSA 为核心，作用是为月球表面的月球车、栖息地与原位资源利用活动提供接口与可用电力，先行验证月面供电的路子。此次入选就在宇航员于国际空间站成功安装并展开第八面、也是最后一面 Redwire 制造的 ROSA 太阳翼数日之后，八面太阳翼正在为空间站补充供电。
Redwire Space 总裁 Mike Gold 说，月球基地是阿波罗计划以来美国最重要的载人航天计划之一，ROSA 已在地球轨道及更远的任务中证明自己，公司将把这项技术用于支持开创性的月球基地运行与活动。
ROSA 技术源于 NASA 与 Redwire 及其客户波音公司的公私合作。Redwire 将支持航天局月球基地基础设施办公室，在月球南极附近开展一次自主、综合的发电演示。航天局计划为一座小型通信与太阳能塔（miniCAST）采购商业组件，包括太阳能电池板、电池与无线输电硬件。
这套系统将验证垂直展开的太阳能发电、桅杆搭载载荷的运行，以及熬过月夜的能力，帮助降低技术风险，并为今后更大规模的发电系统提供参考。Redwire 此前已通过航天局的垂直太阳翼技术计划，把 ROSA 改进为可在月球重力环境下垂直展开与收拢。
Redwire 称，公司已交付或在研的太阳翼超过65面，员工约1,400人，分布在北美与欧洲。
（来源：Redwire公司）
Redwire Wins About $40 Million NASA Award to Demonstrate Solar Power Generation for the Moon Base Program
JACKSONVILLE, Florida — Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) announced on November 10 that it has been selected for an approximately $40 million award from NASA to provide an integrated power generation system supporting the agency's Moon Base efforts, adapting its flight-proven Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) technology for the lunar surface.
Redwire said the system will use ROSA as its core and serve as a pathfinder for providing interfaces and usable power on the lunar surface for future rovers, habitats, and in-situ resource utilization activity. The selection comes just days after astronauts successfully installed and deployed the eighth and final Redwire-built ROSA wing on the International Space Station, where the eight wings are now supplementing the station's power supply.
"Moon Base is one of the most important human spaceflight initiatives for America since Apollo, and I could not be more grateful, proud, and excited for Redwire to power this extraordinary endeavor," said Mike Gold, President of Redwire Space. "ROSA has proven itself in Earth orbit and beyond for a variety of public and private missions."
ROSA technology was developed via a NASA public-private partnership between Redwire and its customer Boeing. Redwire will support NASA's Moon Base Infrastructure Office in conducting an autonomous, integrated power generation demonstration near the lunar South Pole. NASA plans to purchase commercial components for a Mini-Communications and Solar Tower (miniCAST), including solar arrays, batteries, and wireless power-transfer hardware.
The system will validate vertically deployed solar power generation, mast-mounted payload operations, and survival through the lunar night, helping reduce technical risk and inform the development of future larger power systems. Redwire previously advanced ROSA for vertical deployment and retraction in the lunar gravity environment through NASA's Vertical Solar Array Technology program.
Redwire said it has more than 65 solar array wings delivered or in development and approximately 1,400 employees across North America and Europe.
(Source: Redwire Corporation)
来源：Redwire公司
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图片来源：图：国际空间站上展开的卷轴式太阳翼（ROSA）（NASA，公共领域，Wikimedia Commons）。 / Image: A Roll-Out Solar Array deployed on the International Space Station (NASA, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons).
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