Astral Materials: Ultra-Pure Materials from Space

Astral Materials based in Mountain View, California, was founded in 2023 as Astral Forge and renamed in 2024. The company emerged from a team of experts in microgravity materials and hardware design with plans to manufacture higher purity semiconductor materials than can be made on Earth.

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00:00 Intro
01:15 The Advantages of Manufacturing Materials in Space
03:04 Crystal Growth Furnace: The Key Piece of Technology
04:31 Partnership with Sierra Space
05:18 NASA Partners with Astral Materials for Parabolic Flight Tests
06:27 Astral Materials and SpaceWorks Win NASA TechLeap Prize
07:56 Competitors
09:16 Upcoming Events
10:43 Outro

Sources:

Astral Materials: https://www.astralmaterials.com

Semiconductor Manufacturing in Low-Earth Orbit for Terrestrial Use by Jessica Jane Frick (CEO of Astral Materials): https://osf.io/preprints/osf/d6ar4_v1

Partnership with Sierra Space: https://spacenews.com/sierra-space-partners-with-companies-for-space-based-semiconductor-manufacturing/