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Relativity Partners with mu Space, with Plans to Launch 3D Printed Terran 1 Rocket into Low Earth Orbit
3D printed rocket manufacturer Relativity Space, based in Los Angeles and backed by VC funding, signed its first public, multi-year commercial contract with satellite services vendor Telesat earlier this month. Now…
Launcher & AMCM Develop Largest Known 3D Printed DMLS Rocket Engine Part
Launcher and AMCM have just announced successful production of a large single-part 3D printed rocket, now available for direct purchase from aerospace companies. The E-2 liquid rocket engine chamber was…
Rocket Lab Successfully Launches First Mission for NASA
Rocket Lab’s year has been bookended nicely with successful launches. The startup, which uses 3D printing for its rockets’ primary components, including the engine, launched its second rocket and reached…
Zero 2 Infinity Gets Ready to Blast Off with 3D Printed Rocket Engine
3D printing and other advanced technologies are making many things more accessible, and one of those is outer space. Companies such as Zero 2 Infinity are offering average people the opportunity…
Relativity Space Takes Inexpensive Rockets to New Level with Giant Stargate 3D Printer
Launching a rocket is not cheap; right now, the cost is about $100 million. Within four years, Relativity Space wants to bring that price down to $10 million. How are…
First Time 3D Printing User Creates Highly Detailed Models of SpaceX Rockets with Form 2 3D Printer
These days, it seems like nearly every part and component found on a rocket bound for space is 3D printed, from the thrust chamber assembly of an engine and rocket engine…
Tripodmaker Sends 3D Printed Beloved Belgian Comic Book Rocket to the Stratosphere to Celebrate New 3D Printer Launch
3D printed rockets seem to be all the rage now: aviation students from Inholland University perfected their 3D printed rockets with the help of an Ultimaker 2+, and CubeCab wants…
Inholland University Aviation Students Use the Ultimaker 2+ to Perfect 3D Printed Rockets
3D printing offers a wide range of benefits, from the production of lightweight and quality parts to speed, affordability, and the opportunity to work in a self-sustained fashion, often cutting…
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…
CubeCab Plans to Put Lots of CubeSats into Orbit with a Small 3D Printed Rocket and a Retired Fighter Jet
One of the biggest developments in recent space research is physically quite small. The CubeSat, an invention from California Polytechnic State University and Stanford University, is a miniature cube-shaped satellite…
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…
US Air Force Taps Aerojet Rocketdyne to Set 3D Printed Rocket Engine Standards
Sacramento, California-based rocket and missile propulsion manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne just received a $6 million contract from the US Air Force to define 3D printed rocket engine component standards. These new…
NASA’s First-Ever Fully 3D Printed Rocket Engine is 75% Complete
If you’re following 3D printing news at all, you probably know that NASA has been working towards building an entirely 3D printed rocket, and they’re getting closer, one part at…
MyMiniFactory’s 3D Printed Rocket Is Fired by “World’s Largest” Pistol-Slingshot!
Joerg Sprave is a German man on a mission to introduce you to all of the fun you can have with slingshots and their launchers. No, these are not the…
XAIR-Robotics Creates First 3D Printed Solid Fuel Rocket Engine
Rockets and 3D printing go together. Like NASA and missions to space. Or hobbyists and very ambitious backyard flight plans. From RC airplanes to utilitarian drones, to rockets bound for the…
Australian Students 3D Printed and Tested a Rocket, and It Works Pretty Well
“It’s not rocket science.” How many times have you heard that phrase uttered? It’s generally said disparagingly, to slight someone who is failing to grasp something simple. At Australia’s Gungahlin College, a…
The ‘Redneck Rocket’ Flies 300 Feet in the Air, Combining 3D Printing with Pringles Cans
Did you ever look at an idea and say, “Wow, I wish I had thought of that”? Of course you have. Everyone has envied the creativity of others before. For…
Australian Maker Creates Amazing 3D Printed Water Rocket Launching & Parachute System
If there was one thing that 3D printing has really opened the door for, it is the ability for everyday, ordinary people like you and me to innovate, iterate upon…
NASA 3D Prints the World’s First Full-Scale Copper Rocket Engine Part
Day in and day out, we see new types of technologies emerge from the 3D printing space, as well as different uses which test the feasibility and potential that 3D…
Built Almost Entirely of 3D Printed Parts, the World’s First Battery-Powered Rocket is Unveiled
3D printing has gradually been making its way into the manufacturing and fabrication of end-use, functional components and parts. Previously thought of as merely a technology for prototyping, and having…
NJ Engineer 3D Prints Entire Open Source Liquid Fueled Rocket Engine
Probably some of the most interesting 3D printing applications we have covered to date have been those involving engines that individuals and companies have been able to manufacture via this incredible…
Inventor of 3Doodler 3D Printing Pen Launches 3Doodled Rocket
It was with great fanfare that Pete Dilworth, co-founder and inventor of 3Doodler, the first 3D printing pen, launched his second generation 3Doodler. The launch took a particularly literal direction —…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — January 31
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and it’s best you start thinking about what you will give to that special someone this year. This week’s 3D printing news provides some…
Venture Capitalist 3D Prints a Rocket Faster Than the Speed of Sound for Under $2
Steve Jurvetson is a man of many facets – and he can 3D print a rocket that achieves Mach 1.8 (that’s 1,363 mph) in 2.6 seconds and reach an altitude…
