Space applications demand high-quality and lightweight materials that deliver outstanding durability. From rocket engines to satellites, Space OEMs rely on our materials to deliver the highest level of performance for decades without becoming compromised.
Space Applications
Our precision materials are custom-manufactured to meet the exacting requirements of space - cleanliness, zero maintenance, and excellent strength-to-weight ratios. Critical applications include:
Alloys for Deep Space Exploration
We specialize in processing quality alloys that consistently deliver the highest levels of performance even during extreme fluctuations in temperatures and pressures. This includes
stainless steel,
nickel alloys, and
titanium.
We specialize in engineering high quality
Molybdenum-Copper composites for the management of heat in electronics packages that operate in spacecraft and satellites.
Space Heritage
Our legacy in the space industry dates back to the 1960s. Since then, we have engineered precision metal materials for some of the most significant milestones in space exploration, including:
- 1962 – Telstar 1: Engineered cooling and radiometer tubes for the world’s first communications satellite
- 1964 – Mariner 4: Provided stainless steel tubing for the spacecraft’s TV cameras, capturing the first close-up images of Mars.
- 1966 – Surveyor 1: Enabled America’s first soft landing on the Moon with tubing in the probe’s TV cameras.
- 1968 – Apollo Program: Manufactured critical tubing for the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) and other mission systems.
- 1980 – NASA Space Shuttle Program: Contributed stainless steel tubing essential to the shuttle’s life support systems.
- 2003 – Spirit and Opportunity: Our tubing flew aboard both Mars Exploration Rovers, supporting their historic missions.
- 2020 – Solar Orbiter: Enabled cutting-edge solar research with precision-engineered tubing.
- 2023 – Next-Gen Missions: Supporting the future of space exploration and next-generation space stations with high quality tubes.
- Mars Lander: Gold bonding wire and molybdenum bond pads are crucial for navigational function within the Miniature Inertial Measurement Unit (MIMU).
- Space-Grade DC-DC Converters: Gold bonding wire to enable power management.
Today, we partner with leading space OEMs to develop cutting-edge materials engineered to operate for decades in next-generation programs.
