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CompanyUnited StatesActive

Redwire Corporation

U.S. space-technology company developing the Mason tool suite to grade, compact and microwave-sinter lunar or Martian regolith into construction surfaces. NASA selected the work under Tipping Point in 2023. Redwire reported design-review completion and prototype work in 2025; those milestones do not establish a completed off-Earth construction demonstration.

Targeted

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Resources and evidence

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ResourceEvidenceMeaning
RegolithTargetedwork aimed at it

Demonstrated

NASA lists Redwire's $12.9 million Tipping Point selection. Redwire reported passing a critical design review with NASA participation in June 2025 and beginning prototype fabrication and functional testing by October 2025. These are design/development milestones, not proof of completed resource processing on the Moon or Mars.

Claimed or planned

Mason combines grading, compaction and microwave sintering for berms, roads and landing pads made from local regolith. Redwire's October 2025 update says it is exploring demonstration-flight opportunities; no assigned flight is established by that statement.

Facts

Headquarters
United States
Type
Company
Status
Activeas of 2025-10-03. A dated company update on October 3, 2025 reports Mason prototype fabrication and functional testing. NASA's current lunar-technology page also describes Mason. This supports reported programme activity as of that update, not completed lunar operations or a fresh corporate-register certification.
Roles
Processing / ISRU
Targets
Moon, Mars
Also known as
Redwire; Redwire Space
Website
rdw.com/

Open evidence gaps

  • No completed integrated Mason demonstration or independently measured strength, throughput or energy figures were verified.
  • No named demonstration flight or launch contract was established by the reviewed sources.
  • NASA's selection figure is not a verified cash-disbursement total. Founding year and current legal-entity registry status were not separately researched.

Sources

4 excerpts from 4 publications

One web address counts as one publication.

  1. [1]2023 NASA Tipping Point Selections
    NASAGovernment recordPublished 2023Accessed 2026-10-28Supports: summary, headquarters country, resource activity (demonstrated)
    Redwire of Jacksonville, Florida, $12.9 million
    Quote matched the source text when accessed.
  2. [2]Redwire Receives NASA Approval to Advance Manufacturing Technology for Moon and Mars
    RedwireCompany statementPublished 2025-06-04Accessed 2026-10-28Supports: summary, resource activity (demonstrated), target bodies
    has passed Critical Design Review (CDR) with NASA participation
    Quote matched the source text when accessed.
  3. [3]Propelling Humanity to the Moon and Mars
    RedwireCompany statementPublished 2025-10-03Accessed 2026-10-28Supports: status, status date, resource activity
    begun fabricating a critical design prototype and conducting functional testing of the three tools
    Quote matched the source text when accessed.
  4. [4]Lunar Surface Technology
    NASAGovernment recordAccessed 2026-10-28Supports: role, resources, status explanation, resource activity (claimed)
    Mason, a NASA Tipping Point investment with Redwire Space
    Quote matched the source text when accessed.

Cite this record

SpaceMiningData, “Redwire Corporation”, dataset version a00fa2c68a45, built 2026-11-11, https://spaceminingdata.com/organizations/redwire.html. Record checked 2026-10-28.