Redwire to Deliver Solar Array Wings for Axiom Station’s First Module
by Clarence Oxford
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 26, 2025
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) has secured a contract from Axiom Space to provide roll-out solar array (ROSA) wings for the Payload Power Thermal Module (AxPPTM), the first module of Axiom Station, the company’s planned commercial orbital platform.
“As a market leader for space power solutions, Redwire is proud to be selected as a strategic supplier to deliver ROSAs for Axiom Space’s first space station module,” said Mike Gold, Redwire President of Civil and International Space. “As NASA and industry take the next steps to build out commercial space stations to maintain U.S. leadership in low-Earth orbit, Redwire continues to be the partner of choice enabling critical capabilities to ensure on-orbit success.”
AxPPTM will launch at the end of 2027 and initially attach to the International Space Station before transitioning into an independent free-flyer. Axiom’s phased assembly plan includes Habitat 1, an airlock, Habitat 2, and the Research and Manufacturing Facility. By 2028, Axiom Station could operate as a two-module system and by 2030 expand to four modules, sustaining U.S. human presence in low-Earth orbit after the retirement of the ISS.
The AxPPTM primary structure, built by Thales Alenia Space in Turin, Italy, reached a milestone in July with its final weld. Assembly and integration of Axiom Station modules will take place in Houston, making them the first human-rated spacecraft constructed in the city.
“This contract with Redwire on the roll-out solar array (ROSA) wings is a critical step toward developing our first Axiom Station module,” stated Tejpaul Bhatia, CEO of Axiom Space. “Redwire’s decades of spaceflight heritage developing advanced spacecraft technology will ultimately enable Axiom Station’s global customers to conduct research, innovate, discover, and scale for the benefit of humanity.”
Redwire’s ROSA arrays boast a flawless on-orbit record and are already powering missions such as the International Space Station, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, the Artemis Lunar Gateway’s Power and Propulsion Element, and Thales Alenia Space’s Space Inspire satellites.
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