3D printed rocket components
History Made as 3D Printed Engine Launches Rocket Lab’s Electron Rocket into Space
All week, New Zealanders have been waiting to see if their country would become the 11th one to reach outer space with a cargo-carrying vehicle. Rocket Lab’s Electron Rocket, equipped with…
Rocket Lab Prepares to Launch First Electron Rocket with 3D Printed Rutherford Engines
Two years ago, New Zealand company Rocket Lab announced that they had developed the world’s first battery-powered rocket, and that the engine would be almost entirely 3D printed. This week or next, that…
Vector Space Systems Launches Test Flight of Vector-R Rocket, Featuring 3D Printed Engine Injector
Almost a year ago, commercial launch provider Vector Space Systems, which was founded by the original SpaceX team and based in Tucson, successfully launched its P20 sub-orbital satellite prototype, featuring…
Aerojet Rocketdyne and the Future of 3D Printing in Space
Aerojet Rocketdyne is a space and rocket engine company that has made the space shuttle engines, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile engines for the Minuteman and other ICBMs, Atlas V stages and…
Blue Origin’s Liquid-Fueled BE-4 Rocket Engine Utilizes Additive Manufacturing to Make Boost Pump Components
We’ve heard about Jeff Bezos before: not only is he the billionaire who founded Amazon, but he also founded his own space venture, Blue Origin, more than 16 years ago. As of…
Rocket Crafters, Inc. Granted Patent for 3D Printed Fuel Grains for Hybrid Rockets
We’ve heard a lot about 3D printed rockets and rocket components over the last few years, thanks largely to NASA’s ongoing efforts to create the first fully 3D printed rocket…
NASA Fires Up 3D Printed Rocket Engine for Latest Series of Tests
While many people may be ringing in the New Year with some sort of (hopefully legal) fireworks this coming weekend, no one’s display will beat that of NASA, which is…
Vector Space Systems Successfully Launches Sub-Orbital Satellite Prototype with 3D Printed Injector
It was just a couple days ago that we covered the Singaporean startup Gilmour Space Technologies, which had used a unique formulation of 3D printed fuel to launch their self-made…
Look Out, NASA – Here Comes Vulcan-1! Students Successfully Launch Rocket With Fully 3D Printed Engine
Sorry, NASA, you’ve been usurped – for the moment, anyway. It’s no secret that the agency has been working towards building a rocket engine made completely from 3D printed parts,…
NASA Tests Methane Propelled TurboPump as 3D Printing Continues to be Catalyst for Space Travel
Space travel and new technology travel together, both conceptually and literally. And if you want to be continually fascinated and challenged, just keep an eye on NASA, where they are…
Project Orion: NASA’s Mission to Mars Relies on Designs of Past & Future, Powered by 3D Printing
Have you ever noticed that children, upon being asked what they want to do when they grow up, often respond with the most difficult professions possibly attainable? It all seems…
Ready for Blast Off? SpaceX 3D Printed SuperDraco Thrusters Prove Themselves Further at Texas Rocket Facility
As most of us are aware by now, upon reading multitudes of headlines and watching a myriad of news clips, Elon Musk is a fan of 3D printing. Not only…
The Power of 3D Printing to Accelerate NASA Plans for Manned Mars Trip
Just in case you haven’t heard–hanging out on Earth is just so last year, folks. Mars is where it’s at, and 3D printing is of course going to play a…
