Space Forge will receive £10 million from the European Space Agency’s General Support Technology Programme.

The Cardiff-based business is a leader of in-space manufacturing with a focus on producing semiconductors – the materials that power many modern electronic devices – in microgravity, where the environment enables the creation of materials with properties that cannot be achieved on Earth. 

The cash injection will be funded through the UK Space Agency’s investment in ESA, which will support a mission to design, build, launch and return ‘Pridwen’, a new fold-out heat shield system built to protect spacecraft returning to Earth.