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What Do JPL’s Layoffs Mean for the Space 3D Printing Segment?
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), known for some of the most exciting work in the space sector, announced that it was laying off eight percent of its workforce, 530 of…
NASA’s Latest Mission Centers Around 3D Printed Circuits
NASA recently highlighted a successful space mission exploring the capabilities of hybrid 3D printed electronic circuits for NASA’s spacecrafts. The launch flew on April, 25th, 2023 and was led by NASA’s…
3D Printing Webinar & Event Roundup: May 28, 2023
It’s another busy week in the world of 3D printing webinars and events, covering topics like automated wax support removal, wire-laser metal additive manufacturing, SLS 3D printing, manufacturing for space,…
China’s SpaceX 3D Prints over 30 Parts for Rocket Engine
In an effort to become China’s SpaceX, Galactic Energy has raised over $188 million in its Series B round and has now commissioned service bureau Falcontech to 3D print over…
Aerospace Giant Safran Opens Aerospace €80 Million 3D Printing Campus
French engines and engineering firm Safran (SAF.PA) has inaugurated an Additive Manufacturing Campus, a 3D printing center of excellence, in Le Haillan. In attendance at the grand opening ceremony were…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: September 4, 2022
We’re getting busy again for this week’s webinar and event roundup! The Stratasys tour is taking.a break, but the company is still presenting a webinar on the NASA Hunch Program….
Handheld Bioprinter Could One Day Heal Astronaut Injuries
A SpaceX Dragon resupply mission carrying 6,500 pounds of science experiments, including a handheld bioprinter prototype, is on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) after launching on December…
NASA Funds 3D Printing Projects for Upcoming Era of Space Exploration
Driven by Moon exploration, space tourism, spacecraft manufacturing, and orbital infrastructure, space agencies and private companies worldwide have developed ambitious plans for the future of spaceflight. This heightened interest in…
3D Printing with Human Waste: Astroplastic Takes Raw Materials from Colon to Mars Colony
While many people may still think that plastic is the only 3D printable material out there, that’s definitely not the case. Obviously there’s metal 3D printing, and biomaterials, flexible filaments…
Made In Space Successfully Manufactures First Extended 3D Printed Objects in a Space-Like Environment
In 2015, space manufacturing company Made In Space revealed that it had completed successful tests that indicated that its newest generation of 3D printers would be fully functional in the vacuum…
First Commercial Space Station Set to Launch in 2020; Axiom Plans to Use It As a Manufacturing and 3D Printing Hub by 2027
In 2014, history was made as the SpaceX Dragon supply freighter docked with the ISS, carrying supplies and the first 3D printer in space, the Made In Space zero-gravity 3D…
ISS Astronauts 3D Print Radiation Shields for Experiments Aboard the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module
Last April, the eighth SpaceX resupply mission carried the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, to the International Space Station. Las Vegas-based Bigelow Aerospace made the experimental module, which was…
Russian Space Agency Roscosmos Developing Experiment to 3D Print Living Tissue on the International Space Station
Space, the final frontier…and another venue, with a great view, for 3D printing! It’s been over two years since the first functioning 3D printed object was fabricated in space, and…
3D Printing: The Stories We Missed This Week — November 26, 2016
While you and your family gathered together this week to gorge on turkey and talk politics, the 3D printing industry proved that it halts for no holiday. On this Thanksgiving…
North Dakota’s OpenOrbiter Project Creates CubeSat Equipped With 3D Printed Experiment
As the global space industry continues to expand at a rapid rate, 3D printing technology has clearly become a vital production tool for the future of our otherworldly ventures. Whether…
High-Tech Partnership Reaches New High, 3D Printing Heart Tissue in Zero-G
That’s one small pulse for a heart, one giant beat for heart health. Okay, it’s not exactly beating yet, but the latest in heart health is pretty literally out of…
What’s Next For China’s Zero-Gravity 3D Printer? Slowly, More Details Emerge
Piece by piece, more details are being revealed about China’s progress toward 3D printing in space. Last week we reported that the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) recently ran several tests on…
ESA Taps BEEVERYCREATIVE to Help Develop a 3D Printing Breadboard for the ISS
In the past few years 3D printing has slowly but surely begun transforming the aerospace industry. It started simply enough, with prototyping and testing, and then developed into the development…
RedWorks Envisions 3D Printed Housing on Mars, Inspired by Nautilus Shells & Pueblos
While many of us may envision a general idea of heading into space, prompted by decades of Star Trek and newer generations of sci-fi entertainment, those who are in the…
Made In Space Breakthrough Allows 3D Printing in the Vacuum of Space, Away from ISS
In November of 2014, Made in Space made history when astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) unpacked the world’s first piece of manufacturing equipment designed to operate in space….
SpaceVR’s Virtual Reality Space Experience To Be Enabled By In-space 3D Printed Camera Casing
It’s an interesting bit of information. Of the 108 billion people who’ve ever lived, only 536 have ever seen the the Earth from space in person and in real-time. As…
You Can Now 3D Print the New Horizons Image of Pluto
It’s pretty rough being the celestial body known as Pluto, or as I like to call him, P-Dawg (okay, I don’t call Pluto that). Over the years, Pluto has been…
AstroGro — The Self Sustainable 3D Printed Bio-farm For Space
Coming as a shock to no one, humans need to eat food. As NASA readies its (still decades-off) manned mission to Mars, one of the problems that need to be…
Made In Space 3D Printer Filament Is Now Available for Pre-Order Down on Earth
The developers of the revolutionary Zero-Gravity 3D printer currently orbiting the planet on the International Space Station are now selling their space-ready products to us Earthlings. Made In Space started working…
