Curiosity Rover
NASA Lets You 3D Print Your Own Mars Perseverance Rover
After a successful launch on July 30, NASA‘s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission is on its way to the Red Planet to search for signs of ancient life and collect…
Reach for the Stars: Students Working with NASA to Reduce the Weight of 3D Printed Objects Sent to Space
During college, I was a staff photographer and the chief copy editor for our school newspaper. I also landed two great summer internships – one in the marketing department of…
NASA’s PUFFER Microbot Has 3D Printed Wheels to Climb Up Martian Slopes
The rovers that could be used to explore the moon, or other planets in our galaxy, are increasingly being designed and built using 3D printing technology, like Part Time Scientists’ Audi-sponsored…
NASA Catalog of 3D Printable Models Continues to Grow, Now Includes Easy to Assemble Model Kits
While NASA is primarily known as the United States civilian government agency that launches spacecraft, explores space and conducts research aboard the International Space Station, they actually wear quite a…
This Amazing 3D Printed Rover Inspired by the Martian Rover Can Go Almost Anywhere
When NASA designed the Mars rover Curiosity as part of their Mars Science Laboratory mission it was created to be able to go anywhere that its mission required it to…
Russian Developer 3D Prints His Own Working Curiosity Rover Model
One of my favorite parts of this job is seeing what people do with 3D printing technology, not for money or as a job, but rather just because they can….
Build Your Own 3D Printed Mars Curiosity Rover Featuring LED Lights, All-Wheel Drive & Steering
3D printing and sustainability in space are a popular contemporary conversation as it becomes apparent to all what we will soon be able to achieve beyond the current achievements of astronauts 3D printing…