BioFabrication Facility
Facility Description
The BioFabrication Facility(Abbreviation: BFF) The BFF is a 3D bioprinter on the ISS capable of printing human tissue from bioinks mixed with living cells. This ISS National Lab commercial facility is owned and operated by Redwire Space. (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: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.
Andy Kurk
Redwire Space
Manager Email:The facility manager's email address.
andy.kurk@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.
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 ISS National Lab CSP Facility
Additional Information:Additional resources to learn more about the facility.
BFF is available aboard the ISS now. So far it has successfully printed and returned a human knee meniscus and human heart tissue.