3D printing space missions
Daring AM: Fueling the 3D Printing Space Race
Go ahead and take a deep breath because it’s hard to keep up with all the news about 3D printing for space. Thirty years ago, NASA began using additive manufacturing…
NASA’s Futuristic Projects: 3D Printed Spacesuits and Micro-Robot Swarms
Seeking visionary innovations that could propel space exploration, NASA has selected more than a dozen early-stage studies to evaluate technologies to support future aeronautics and off-Earth missions. Funded by the…
College Students Compete to Bring Space 3D Printing to 2021 NASA MINDS Challenge
Five teams from U.S. colleges received $1,500 each from NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Innovative New Designs for Space (MINDS) in 2021 to design, build and test…
Virgin Orbit: 3D Printing For An Out of This World Experience
To date, a total of 565 people have gone to space. But that could change very soon as long-awaited commercial spaceflights might be launching next year. After years of delay,…
NASA MSFC Materials & Process Development Offers Plan for New 3D Printing Materials & Hardware to Sustain Astronauts During Missions
Not surprisingly, NASA is working on new developments for space travel—partnering with Auburn University to create new sensing technology, materials for 3D printing in space, as well as new hardware…
