BioFabrication Facility

Short Name: BFF

Facility Description

The BioFabrication Facility (BFF) is a biomanufacturing platform capable of 3D printing with live cells (human and animal). The facility contains a Z-tower with multiple print heads and a bioreactor on the X-Y print stage. Once printed, cells are conditioned and matured into tissue in ADSEP. The eventual goal is the manufacture of whole human organs and consumable cultured meat.

Availability: Available. Please contact the facility manager.

ISS Environment: Internal

Owner: Redwire Space

Operator/Implementation Partner:
Redwire Space

Developer(s):
Redwire Space

Facility Manager:
Andy Kurk
Redwire Space

Manager Email:
andy.kurk@redwirespace.com

Parent Facility:

Child Facility:

Sponsoring Space Agency: NASA

Equipment Category: ISS National Lab CSP Facility

Additional Information:

BFF is available aboard the ISS now. So far it has successfully printed and returned a human knee meniscus and human heart tissue.

BFF Flysheet
BFF on NASA’s SSRE

BioFabrication Facility