Redwire’s Payload Development Team recently received NASA’s Group Achievement Award for exceptional professionalism, attention to crew safety, and the successful development of payloads which further the International Space Station (ISS) science goals for the betterment of life on Earth.

The group achievement award is awarded to a group outstanding accomplishment through the coordination of many individual efforts which has substantially supported the NASA mission. Redwire’s Senior Manager of Engineering Dave Reed accepted the award on behalf of the team at the Agency Honor Awards Ceremony on September 3, 2025.

The Payload Development Team includes experts specializing in the development, integration and operation of research and manufacturing payloads and experiments onboard crewed spacecraft.

Redwire is a global leader in microgravity research and development technologies, having flown hundreds of experiments on both the Space Shuttle and the ISS and developed 20 research facilities for crewed spacecraft, with 11 currently aboard the ISS supporting world-leading research and manufacturing missions.

Redwire’s microgravity technology is enabling space biotechnology and pharmaceutical development, helping companies unlock new insights for potential therapeutics and paving the way for microgravity research on future commercial space stations.

The team’s notable work on the ISS includes:

• Successfully printing the first ever human meniscus and first live human heart tissue in space using Redwire’s BioFabrication Facility
• Flying pharmaceutical investigations for notable research partners including Bristol Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly and Company, and Butler University.
• Managing NASA’s Advanced Plant Habitat and Pore Formation and Mobility Investigation/Solidification using a Baffle in Sealed Ampoules facilities onboard the ISS for seven years.
• Supporting the suite of first spaceflight payloads sponsored by the Indian Space Research Organization

Learn more about Redwire’s exciting research on the ISS here: Redwire Awarded $25 Million Single Award IDIQ Contract by NASA To Provide Biotechnology and Support On-Orbit Operations Aboard the International Space Station | Redwire Space