microgravity additive manufacturing
Students’ In-Space 3D Printing Experiment Works in Zero-G Test
Advances in space technology and manufacturing processes have helped to lower costs and reduce entry barriers to space. Still, space is expensive. Today, all spacecraft are developed, tested, and assembled…
Deep Dive into 3D Printing in Microgravity for Future Space Exploration
The extraordinary advantages of a weightless laboratory have fascinated scientists for decades. That’s because observing phenomena and processes in microgravity conditions can help prepare the field for deep-space human explorations…
3D Printing Off-Earth: ISS National Lab Hosts AM in Space Workshop
Off-Earth manufacturing is beginning to shed some light on how humans could live in orbit. The development of in-situ resource capabilities, like in-space manufacturing, for sustaining life and mobility in…
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…