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by Clare Scott | Jul 21, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing
Early last week, NASA announced the winners of the second level of the second phase of the 3D Printed Habitat Challenge, a multiphase competition that began in 2015 and challenges participants to 3D print habitable structures that could potentially be used as housing... 
by Sarah Saunders | Jul 18, 2017 | 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing
There are 3D printed drones that can fly up into the air from underwater, 3D printed heat-resistant drones that could potentially withstand the punishing conditions inside a volcano, and NASA has even worked on 3D printing parts for future space drones. But today,... 
by Sarah Saunders | Jul 14, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Software, Aerospace 3D Printing
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 a symphony, and one as a copy editor for a local newspaper. During all of these... 
by Charles Goulding | Jul 13, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing
Society has come a long way in tool technology since the first tools were used during the Stone Age hundreds of thousands of years ago. Today, like our primal relatives we have adapted and innovated to improve our lifestyles with the aid of hand tools. Taking this a... 
by Clare Scott | Jul 11, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Aerospace 3D Printing, Robotics
There seems to be no end to the advancements being made in 3D printing materials, and one type of material that has expanded and diversified recently has been 3D printed foam. Whether it’s made from graphene or ceramic, or other materials, 3D printed foam... 
by Sarah Saunders | Jul 10, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing, Popular Stories, Science & Technology
My husband and I are science fiction fans, and as such own some of Ray Bradbury’s works, including short story collection The Martian Chronicles. I especially like “The Million-Year Picnic,” when a family from Earth goes to live on Mars, and the... 
by Charles Goulding | Jul 7, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business, Virtual Reality
The 3D Printing and Virtual Reality industries lead some of the most fast-paced innovations in the global market. When the two are consolidated, the benefits to the global market and everyday users are significant. An integration of 3D printing and VR has brought... 
by Bridget Butler Millsaps | Jul 3, 2017 | 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing, Medical 3D Printing, Science & Technology
NASA has been using 3D printing for decades now, and few organizations can top their experience or resourcefulness with the technology. NASA tends to make big news with 3D printing, most of it centered around rockets and Mars, as well as inspiring student challenges.... 
by Sarah Saunders | Jul 1, 2017 | 3D Software, Aerospace 3D Printing, Science & Technology
If you were at all conscious in the year 1998, then you remember the major end-of-the-world asteroid movie that came out that year, Armageddon; not to be confused with the major end-of-the-world comet movie Deep Impact, which inexplicably came out the exact same year... 
by Clare Scott | Jun 22, 2017 | 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing, Business
Optomec is on a mission to advance 3D printed electronics, and they’ve been very busy and productive towards fulfilling that mission lately. A couple of weeks ago, the company received an award towards the development of 3D printed flexible hybrid electronics,... 
by Sarah Saunders | Jun 15, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Aerospace 3D Printing, Business
This winter, not long after Nano Dimension brought its innovative DragonFly 2020 3D printer to CES 2017, the company surprised everyone when it announced that it would be moving into a brand new area of development. While Nano Dimension was still in the middle of... 
by Sarah Saunders | Jun 6, 2017 | 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing
In 2014, history was made as the SpaceX Dragon supply freighter docked with the ISS, carrying supplies and the first 3D printer in space, the Made In Space zero-gravity 3D printer. About two years later, a second Made In Space 3D printer, dubbed the Additive... 
by Clare Scott | Jun 2, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Scanning, Business, Exclusive Interviews, Virtual Reality
In 2015, NASA opened the Hybrid Reality Lab, to allow NASA engineers to train in simulated environments that are as realistic as possible. The lab provides an immersive experience by combining consumer virtual reality technology with tracked 3D objects for both... 
by Sarah Saunders | Jun 1, 2017 | 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing, Science & Technology
Last April, the eighth SpaceX resupply mission carried the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, to the International Space Station. Las Vegas-based Bigelow Aerospace made the experimental module, which was compact during travel but filled with air and expanded... 
by Bridget Butler Millsaps | May 26, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing, Education
Earlier this month, NASA researchers hailing from Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia watched with Virginia Tech and University of Central Florida students as a sounding rocket launched. The students had an extra special interest in this launch as their Mars... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | May 17, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business, Exclusive Interviews, Science & Technology
This week in Chicago, Dassault Systèmes is hosting Science in the Age of Experience as the company’s 3DEXPERIENCE platform continues with its forward momentum. Dassault, which recently opened its latest 3DEXPERIENCE Center in Wichita, Kansas, is positioning... 
by Clare Scott | May 15, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing
Satellites are getting smaller and smaller, and 3D printing has a lot to do with that, as we’ve seen from the prevalence of 3D printed CubeSats. In further evidence that 3D printing is democratizing science as well as creation, the smallest satellite to be... 
by Clare Scott | May 12, 2017 | 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing, Exclusive Interviews, Robotics
Last year, NASA began the Archinaut project, or, as it’s formally titled, Versatile In-Space Robotic Precision Manufacturing and Assembly System. To describe the project, undertaken in collaboration with several partners, as ambitious would be an understatement.... 
by Clare Scott | May 10, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing
Two years ago, NASA issued a challenge: 3D print viable habitats that people can potentially live in on Mars, the moon, or elsewhere in the future, using locally available materials. The 3D Printed Habitat Challenge, co-sponsored by Bradley University, is composed of... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 5, 2017 | 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing
Almost a year ago, commercial launch provider Vector Space Systems, which was founded by the original SpaceX team and based in Tucson, successfully launched its P20 sub-orbital satellite prototype, featuring an entirely 3D printed injector. The company used another 3D... 
by Clare Scott | May 2, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Science & Technology
In an effort to strengthen the United States through manufacturing, the government established the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation, better known as Manufacturing USA, in 2014. As several of these Manufacturing USA institutes are linked to 3D printing, we... 
by Clare Scott | Apr 19, 2017 | 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing, Metal 3D Printing
Lately, when we hear about new developments in space exploration, it’s almost a guarantee that 3D printing will be involved somehow. We’re putting 3D printed components in our rocket engines and using the technology to fabricate satellites. There are 3D... 
by Sarah Saunders | Apr 19, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing, Science & Technology
Last summer, electronics distribution company Mouser Electronics, together with celebrity engineer and inventor Grant Imahara, put college students, makers, and engineers to the 3D design test. They issued a challenge to create a 3D printable electronic object that... 
by Joris Peels | Apr 17, 2017 | 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing, Business, Metal 3D Printing, Science & Technology
Aerojet Rocketdyne is a space and rocket engine company that has made the space shuttle engines, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile engines for the Minuteman and other ICBMs, Atlas V stages and the engines that power the Patriot interceptor missile system. The... 
by Bridget Butler Millsaps | Apr 13, 2017 | 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing, Business, Education, Medical 3D Printing
Students in New York City attending City Tech’s Department of Mechanical Engineering & Industrial Design Technology will be able to graduate as double threats as manufacturing skills are woven heavily into their engineering studies. Further ensuring this are STEM... 
by Clare Scott | Apr 4, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing, Business
How time flies. It’s hard to believe, but it’s been an entire year since Made In Space launched its Additive Manufacturing Facility to the International Space Station. Yet while it seems as though the company’s second 3D printer went out into space... 
