Tom Williams

Family man, Astrophysicst, Engineer

[Space Forge @Space_Forge]

Getting back matters as much as getting there.

Our CTO & Co-Founder Andrew Bacon spoke to @TeKNoticias_ about why Space Forge is building in the Azores, and why Santa Maria could become a gateway for materials returning from space.

🔗 https://t.co/lbxCui8fqT

[Space Forge @Space_Forge]

We're hiring a Mixed Signal Electronics Design Engineer to build the hardware behind our ForgeStar® missions.

📍 Cardiff | Hybrid

Apply by 2nd of July 👇
https://t.co/NgBzbgPZJ6

[Space Forge @Space_Forge]

With ForgeStar®-1 we proved we could create and control the conditions needed to grow next-gen semiconductor materials in orbit.

The next step is bringing those materials home with Pridwen 🔗 https://t.co/5yaywctmpa
@esa @spacegovuk @WalesBusiness

[Space Forge @Space_Forge]

Space Forge Co-Founder & CTO Andrew Bacon joined children from Acorns Nurseries, for an afternoon of space engineering, orbit talk and very important propulsion testing.

Future STEM careers may have been accidentally launched in the process. Thanks to the group for having us.

[Space Forge @Space_Forge]

Alastair McGibbon joins Maria Varmazis on Deep Space from N2K, to talk about why microgravity matters, what it unlocks for advanced materials, and why manufacturing in orbit is starting to look a lot more industrial.

Listen in 🎧 https://t.co/nvkfND6LZp

@N2Knetworks

[Space Forge @Space_Forge]

Our Space Forge team have been back in Portugal discussing European autonomy in space, from launch and return capability to strengthening industrial resilience across the continent.

Thanks to @SatAppsCatapult for the support 👇

[Space Forge @Space_Forge]

Space Forge CEO and Co-founder, Joshua Western, joins hosts, Oli Barrett and Victoria Usher, on the latest episode of Tomorrow: The Future Forum Podcast.

🎧 https://t.co/E0O6b34UWt

[Space Forge @Space_Forge]

Greetings from ForgeStar®-1, currently orbiting overhead & enjoying the view.

These shots were captured by the Space Forge team (with a little help from a @SkyFoxLabs camera), proving that engineers have a decent eye for photography too. Happy #EarthDay2026 from orbit.

[Space Forge @Space_Forge]

In microgravity, semiconductor crystals can grow more uniformly, with far fewer defects than on Earth.

That means better-performing chips for 5G, EVs and AI & potentially far lower energy use.

Space Forge's plasma strike success 👉 in @skyatnightmag https://t.co/aDh3G9Khx7

[Space Forge @Space_Forge]

CEO & Co-founder Joshua Western & Michelle Flemming, President of Space Forge Inc., will be at #SS41 next week talking return and what it unlocks for manufacturing, servicing and reuse.

If you’re at the Symposium, come and find us.

[Space Forge @Space_Forge]

Director of Communications and Public Policy, Lewis D’Ambra, joins @Scale_London to discuss scaling in the UK, from capital and policy to keeping growth onshore.

🗓️ 23 April 2026
🕚 11–11:30
📍 London

🔗 https://t.co/4Ojz3E7XPr

[Space Forge @Space_Forge]

Pre-seed investment from @devbankwales back in March 2020 was instrumental in the Space Forge journey from garage start-up to ForgeStar-1®'s successful plasma generation in orbit.

🎥 https://t.co/a52MzmFALr

[Space Forge @Space_Forge]

Space is moving from an experimental environment to industrial platform.

“Within ten years, something you interact with in your daily life will have a space-made component.”

@TheEngineerUK interviews Space Forge CTO & Co-Founder Andrew Bacon 🔗 https://t.co/ekxoU0rOAF

[Space Forge @Space_Forge]

Co-founder & CEO Joshua Western and Space Forge Inc. US President Michelle Flemming will be at the Space Foundation's 41st Space Symposium in Colorado Springs from 13th - 16th April.

👋 If you're attending Space Symposium, let's connect.

[Space Forge @Space_Forge]

From Robot Wars to orbital manufacturing: our co-founder and CTO Andrew Bacon walked Techne Connect through the journey of building Space Forge.

Watch the full episode 🎥 https://t.co/SEKIh71hCI

[Space Forge @Space_Forge]

@AnthropyUK returns to the Eden Project, Cornwall this March. Space Forge will be there talking advanced materials, resilient supply chains & space-enabled manufacturing.

👉 https://t.co/OzIz2Fhvjy

#Anthropy

[Space Forge @Space_Forge]

ForgeStar-1®'s world-first plasma generation achievement demonstrates the strength of the UK's space supply chain, with a @TiMetalMatrix-manufactured high-pressure tank supplying the pressurised gas required for the Plasma Strike experiment.

🔗 https://t.co/VlB6Rb222F

[Space Forge @Space_Forge]

HackSummit, Lausanne | 22nd April

Co-founder and CEO Joshua Western will make the case for in-space manufacturing and why microgravity unlocks materials Earth can’t, translating into stronger European supply chains.

HackSummit's feature article👇
https://t.co/gLvo5ELUSg

[Space Forge @Space_Forge]

Space Forge Portugal exists to access the Atlantic Space Hub in Santa Maria.

From here, we can support the re-entry and recovery of semiconductor materials manufactured in orbit, connecting production with the EU's industrial supply chains.

📸 Our recent Portugal Industry Day.

[Space Forge @Space_Forge]

Space Forge has completed the National Microgravity Research Centre (NMRC) at Swansea University's CISM facility, delivering on a £13 million project part-funded by the @spacegovuk .

The full announcement 🔗 https://t.co/SPOWdTCBYY

Image: Swansea University CISM