Low Earth Orbit
Daring AM: NASA’s Collaborations Empower Young Minds and Expand Frontiers
In the fascinating world of space exploration, a series of exciting updates have emerged from NASA. As usual, the space agency has been busy fostering advancements in commercial space capabilities,…
ISS Successor? Vast to Launch First Commercial Space Station in 2025
Launcher Space parent company Vast said it plans to launch the world’s first commercial space station named Haven-1. Scheduled to blast off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to low-Earth…
Space Force Awards $1.6M Contract to Space Port Manufacturer – Interview
Arkisys, alongside partners Qediq, Novawurks, Motive Space Systems, iBoss, and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), has received a Direct-to-Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) $1.6 million grant…
NASA Awards TROPICS CubeSat Mission to Rocket Lab
Spacecraft manufacturer Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) has more big plans for the company as it expands its US presence. Known for its almost entirely 3D printed engines, the rocket company…
ISS Looks for Experiments for Tissue Engineering and Bioprinting in Orbit
Responsible for the U.S. portion of the International Space Station (ISS), the ISS National Laboratory sends payloads to space, both from commercial firms and academic institutions. Now, the ISS National Laboratory…
OneWeb Satellites to Launch on Relativity Space’s 3D Printed Rocket in $1.2B Contract
Disruptive rocket manufacturer Relativity Space has signed a multi-year agreement with broadband constellation company OneWeb to launch its low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites starting in 2025. As part of the…
Fleet Space to Build Constellation of 3D Printed Satellites
Fleet Space Technologies, the Australian space startup that launched the country’s first four commercial nanosatellites, announced its future strategy led by the development of a new constellation of 3D printed…
Redwire Acquires Space Bioprinting Firm Techshot to Scale In-Space Manufacturing
Space technology company Redwire has acquired Techshot, a commercial operator of microgravity manufacturing equipment, in a move designed to broaden the commercialization of in-space fabrication. Techshot devices have flown aboard…
Zortrax Will Launch 3D Printed Electrical Circuit Onboard First Wooden Satellite
Zortrax’s next frontier is space! In early 2022, the Polish 3D printer manufacturer will be launching a 3D printed electrical circuit to low Earth orbit (LEO). Since 2019, the company…
$300M Satellite Manufacturing Facility in Florida to Leverage 3D Printing
Small satellite provider Terran Orbital, known for collaborating with NASA and commercial space companies on orbital and lunar spacecraft, will spend $300 million in Florida to construct a 660,000 square…
Zortrax Introduces Strong, Radiation-Resistant Z-PEEK 3D Printing Material
Poland-based company Zortrax has built up a pretty strong 3D printer portfolio over the years, but it’s also developed its fair share of advanced materials as well, such as PEI…
NASA Funds 36 Space 3D Printing Projects—Here Are the 15 Most Exciting
NASA’s latest funding of space technology projects includes plenty of 3D printing innovation proposals. Out of a total of 289 US small businesses and 47 research institutions to receive initial…
3D Printing and the Future of Space
Undoubtedly the most exciting frontier for human exploration, outer space is a gateway to probing promising worlds, looking for biosignatures in the atmospheres of exoplanets, or pushing the boundaries of…
Redwire Successfully 3D Prints Ceramic Turbine Part in Orbit
Manufacturing turbine parts with additive manufacturing (AM) technology has helped accelerate product development, creating very complex and intricate part geometries without the need for any tooling. Aerospace companies have been…
Relativity Secures a New Launch Site in California for 3D Printed Rockets
A new launch site facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Southern California will be Relativity Space‘s latest adoption to its growing portfolio of infrastructure partnerships. With this new addition,…
Ahead of Historic Demo-2 Astronaut Launch: All SpaceX Has 3D Printed
Overcrowded virtual launch parties and events will help usher in a new era of spaceflight as people gather today to witness NASA‘s SpaceX Demo-2 test flight. The event is a…
Long Beach: The New Site for Relativity Space’s 3D Printed Rockets
Commercial space companies are looking to get their technology to orbit. This decade could mark a big shift in the race for space domination, with a few big names taking…
3D Printing News Briefs: October 29, 2019
We’ve got a lot of business news for you, plus a case study, in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. TÜV SÜD and thyssenkrupp have signed an MoU, while Dassault Systèmes…
NASA Director Talks Industrialized Biomedicine in Space at IAC
“We are on the cusp of once again launching American astronauts on rockets from American soil for the first time since the retirement of the shuttle in 2011. We now…
NASA and Made In Space Talk About 3D Printing Recycled Material in Orbit
With deep space exploration moving forward, NASA is using the International Space Station (ISS) to conduct cutting edge research and technological developments to help prepare astronauts as they take the…
Researchers Run Simulation Tests on Their 3D Printed CubeSat Before LEO Mission
A pair of researchers from Shantou University in China explored designing and manufacturing a CubeSat with 3D printing, which we have seen in the past. CubeSats, which are basically miniaturized…
Launcher’s Adventure Building Commercial Rockets Using 3D Printed Engines
Spending on space exploration is booming. We have seen many ambitious private endeavors come onto the scene in the last few years, from building and launching satellites into Low Earth…
