Part

3DMAT compression pads

Bally Ribbon Mills weaves 3D orthogonally woven 3DMAT quartz preforms for Orion compression pads - the crew-module / service-module interface that also ablates as heat-shield TPS on re-entry.

Companies

Bally Ribbon MillsOEM

Lockheed Martin

Flights

Artemis I2022-11-16 · First integrated Artemis flight test: uncrewed SLS Block 1 + Orion.

Artemis II2026-04-01 · First crewed Artemis flight: SLS + Orion lunar flyby.

Artemis IIINET 2027 · First crewed Artemis lunar landing architecture (SLS + Orion + HLS).

Jobs

Orion 3DMAT heat-shield compression pads (Bally Ribbon Mills)

Bally Ribbon Mills

Sources

spinoff.nasa.gov
www3.nasa.gov
techbriefs.com
compositesworld.com
ballyribbon.com