Pharmaceutical In-space Laboratory – Bio-crystal OptimizationeXperiments
Short Name:The short name or acronym of the facility. PIL-BOX
Facility Description
The Redwire Pharmaceutical In-space Laboratory – Bio-crystal Optimization eXperiments (PIL-BOX) provides services to pharmaceutical and institutional researchers seeking to use target molecules (large and small) in their crystalline state to reformulate existing products and/or develop formulations for new products. Some PIL-BOXes include real-time microscopic observation of crystal growth in multiple automated mixing experiments. This will allow for real-time hardware performance optimization, the identification of causal relationships, and the immediate evaluation of the success of the growth process, providing researchers with empirical data that they can compare with data derived from ground control experiments.
Availability:The general availability status of the facility. Available. Please contact the facility manager.
ISS Environment:The facility location (internal or external to the ISS.) Internal
Owner:The entity that owns the facility. Redwire Space
Operator/Implementation Partner:The entity or ISS National Lab Implementation Partner that operates the facility.
Redwire Space
Developer(s):The entity, or entities, that developed the facility.
Redwire Space
Facility Manager:The name of the facility manager and their organization.
Stephen Tuma
Redwire Space
Manager Email:The facility manager's email address.
stephen.tuma@redwirespace.com
Parent Facility:Any facility that is necessary to operate the facility described on this webpage. i.e., a parent facility is one level higher in the operational hierarachy. ADSEP
Child Facility:Facilities that can be operated within the facility described on this webpage.
Sponsoring Space Agency:The government space agency that sponsors investigations that use the facility. NASA
Equipment Category:"The facility's ISS National Lab equipment designation type. Designations include:
1. ISS National Lab Commercial Service Provider (CSP) Facility
2. Support Hardware
3. Capability Capability
Additional Information:Additional resources to learn more about the facility.
PIL-BOXes are flight proven. Every cargo spacecraft, and some crew vehicles, carry a PIL-BOX to the ISS for research and manufacturing.
