Passive Orbital Nutrient Delivery System
Facility Description
The Passive Orbital Nutrient Delivery System (PONDS), first conceived by scientists at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, has been developed for flight in NASA’s Vegetable Production System (Veggie) facility by Redwire in conjunction with its commercial partner, Tupperware Brands. It requires no power, and limited astronaut crew time. It has flown to the ISSInternational Space Station three times, so far.
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.
Dave Reed
Redwire Space
Manager Email:The facility manager's email address.
dave.reed@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. Greenhouse
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.
Flown three times aboard the ISS. Great when used in combination with the Redwire Greenhouse.