space 3d printing
Project Imperial Consortium to Create Large Scale 3D Printer for Zero Gravity
Under contract with the European Space Agency, the Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) will be creating a new, large-scale 3D printer capable of fabricating parts in a zero-gravity atmosphere. The innovative hardware…
International Consortium Delivers New Microgravity 3D Printer Prototype to European Space Agency
The majority of our planet is on a race to the outer regions of space, and it’s a well-known fact now that 3D printing can help us remain there for…
Made In Space Successfully Manufactures First Extended 3D Printed Objects in a Space-Like Environment
In 2015, space manufacturing company Made In Space revealed that it had completed successful tests that indicated that its newest generation of 3D printers would be fully functional in the vacuum…
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory 3D Prints Flexible Metal Space Fabric
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…
Thanks to a Group Effort, 3D Printed Satellite Bracket Will Soon Go to Space
3D printing technology has really changed the face of manufacturing for many applications and sectors, including outer space. Canada’s premier additive manufacturing network, Canada Makes, recently teamed up with 3D…
Oxford Performance Materials 3D Prints 600 Parts for Boeing’s Starliner Space Taxis
The concept of a space taxi is just something I find delightful, and the fact that it’s in the process of becoming a real thing rather than a fun idea…
Russian Space Agency Roscosmos Developing Experiment to 3D Print Living Tissue on the International Space Station
Space, the final frontier…and another venue, with a great view, for 3D printing! It’s been over two years since the first functioning 3D printed object was fabricated in space, and…
ESA Taps BEEVERYCREATIVE to Help Develop a 3D Printing Breadboard for the ISS
In the past few years 3D printing has slowly but surely begun transforming the aerospace industry. It started simply enough, with prototyping and testing, and then developed into the development…
