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Mar 12, 2024
3D Printed Rocket Engine Goes Hypersonic Over the Pacific
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Jul 2, 2023
3D Printed Rocket: The Latest Advancements
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Jun 5, 2022
3D Printed Telescope: The Best Projects to See the Stars
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Jul 23, 2019
Celebrate the Moon Landing with a 3D Printed Bootprint
Featured image of NASA Funds Demonstration to 3D Print Spacecraft Parts in Space
Jul 16, 2019
NASA Funds Demonstration to 3D Print Spacecraft Parts in Space
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Jul 10, 2019
Scientists Bio-Printing Human Skin and Bone for Space Missions
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May 7, 2019
NASA Announces 3D Printed Habitat Challenge Winners
Featured image of US Rocket Factory Relativity Receives 3D Printing Metal Technology Patent
Feb 18, 2019
US Rocket Factory Relativity Receives 3D Printing Metal Technology Patent
Featured image of Mars One Space Colonisation Project Company Declares Bankruptcy
Feb 13, 2019
Mars One Space Colonisation Project Company Declares Bankruptcy
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Feb 12, 2019
Russian Company “3D Bioprinting Solution” Prints Organs in Space
Featured image of NASA and Copper 3D Test Antimicrobial 3D Printing Material in Space
Feb 6, 2019
NASA and Copper 3D Test Antimicrobial 3D Printing Material in Space
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Feb 4, 2019
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Creates 3D Printable Model of Bennu Asteroid
Featured image of Autodesk and NASA Create Interplanetary Lander Using Generative Design
Nov 16, 2018
Autodesk and NASA Create Interplanetary Lander Using Generative Design
Featured image of NASA-Awarded MARSHA Project Aims to 3D Print Egg-Shaped Structures on Mars
Jul 27, 2018
NASA-Awarded MARSHA Project Aims to 3D Print Egg-Shaped Structures on Mars
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May 17, 2018
ESA Now Testing a Prototype Microgravity 3D Printer
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Apr 18, 2018
Made In Space Receives NASA’s “Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year” Award
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Apr 4, 2018
3D Print Your Own Tricorder from the TV Series “The Orville”
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Feb 15, 2018
NASA to Develop 3D Printable Tools for Research of Omics in Space
Featured image of Austiwawa 3D Prints and Launches CO₂-Powered Rockets with Onboard Camera
Jan 30, 2018
Austiwawa 3D Prints and Launches CO₂-Powered Rockets with Onboard Camera
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Jan 22, 2018
Rocket Lab’s 3D Printed Rocket Successfully Deploys 3 Satellites into Orbit
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The DIY Is the Limit
3D Printed Telescope: The Best Projects to See the Stars

If you want to see space from your porch, take a look through a 3D printed telescope and see the beauty of the night sky!

by Jackson O'Connell
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FabLab in Space
Enter “Print the Future” Contest to Build Your Ideas in Space

The Enterprise In Space program has launched a contest called Print the Future, offering the chance to have your designs 3D printed in space.

by Hanna Watkin
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Deep Space Pizza
BeeHex offers 3D Printed Pizza for Astronauts (and YOU)

Astronauts on a deep space mission to Mars won't have to forfeit all their favorite snacks; behold the 3D printed pizza commissioned by NASA.

by Hanna Watkin
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NASA-Awarded MARSHA Project Aims to 3D Print Egg-Shaped Structures on Mars

New York architecture and technology company AI SpaceFactory has been awarded by NASA for its MARS HAbitat (MARSHA) project. The concept includes using in-situ resource utilization to 3D print egg-shaped habitats on Mars that are optimized to deal with internal atmospheric pressure and structural stresses.

by Tyler Koslow
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UCF and NASA to 3D Print Human Habitats with Martian Soil

University of Central Florida and NASA are researching how astronauts can 3D print habitats and tools on the Red Planet using Martian soil.

by Hanna Watkin
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Space Oddity
European Space Agency Testing 3D Printed Antenna

The European Space Agency has been testing a prototype 3D printed antenna, designed for future mega-constellation small satellite platforms.

by Hanna Watkin
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3D Print The Curiosity Rover
3D Print a Curiosity Rover: NASA Has Just Released the Files

That’s a great a weekend project for anyone who owns a 3D printer: NASA has just released the files for 3D printing a Curiosity Rover on their website.

by Anatol Locker
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NASA & 3D Printing
Ad Astra: NASA and 3D Printing

NASA started with manufacturing small parts for its vehicles but soon transitioned into methods of use that could help put a human on Mars.

by James W. Steury
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Faster than a Speeding Bullet
3D Printed Rocket Engine Goes Hypersonic Over the Pacific

Ursa Major's 3D printed Hadley engine powered a new test vehicle aimed at helping the US military develop hypersonic capabilities faster.

by Carolyn Schwaar
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3D Printing To New Heights
3D Printed Rocket: The Latest Advancements

Spacecraft are some of the most complicated machines ever engineered. Check out the latest advancements in 3D printed rockets!

by Gabriel Boyd
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Celebrate the Moon Landing with a 3D Printed Bootprint

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, memorabilia creator, Master Replicas, made a 3D printable version of Buzz Aldrin's footprint.

by Hanna Watkin
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To Infinity And Beyond
NASA Funds Demonstration to 3D Print Spacecraft Parts in Space

Made In Space has received a $73.7 million contract from NASA to demonstrate how its small spacecraft, called Archinaut One, can additively manufacture spacecraft components in low-Earth orbit.

by Hanna Watkin
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Scientists Bio-Printing Human Skin and Bone for Space Missions

The European Space Agency is working on a project to 3D print living tissue for uses in space exploration. So far, it's used bio-printing to create bone and skin samples which could be recreated in a low-gravity environment. 

by Hanna Watkin
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NASA Announces 3D Printed Habitat Challenge Winners

The competition challenged teams to design 3D printed habitats for deep space exploration. NASA awarded $700,000 in the final round to the first and second place winners.

by Hanna Watkin
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US Rocket Factory Relativity Receives 3D Printing Metal Technology Patent

Relativity, the autonomous rocket factory and launch service, has been granted a patent for its machine learning 3D metal printing technology. It's also added three senior leaders from the aerospace industry to its executive team.

by Hanna Watkin
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(No) Ticket to Ride
Mars One Space Colonisation Project Company Declares Bankruptcy

Mars One Ventures, the Dutch space colonization company set up by entrepreneur Bas Lansdorp, declared bankruptcy and has gone into liquidation. 

by Hanna Watkin
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How Zero Gravity Improves Bioprinting
Russian Company “3D Bioprinting Solution” Prints Organs in Space

The "Organaut" bioprinter on the International Space Station has started to print human micro-organs in zero gravity. The first experiments already looked promising.

by Alexei Shalaginov
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No Germs in Space
NASA and Copper 3D Test Antimicrobial 3D Printing Material in Space

Chilean company Copper3D won the NASA Nebraska Space Grant to study and develop antimicrobial 3D printed medical devices on the International Space Station (ISS). 

by Hanna Watkin
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Creates 3D Printable Model of Bennu Asteroid

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft entered the orbit of Bennu, an asteroid just 70 million miles from Earth, in late 2018 to survey it. Through this, scientists created a model of the asteroid, which they've shared so you can build a piece of outer space in your home.

by Hanna Watkin
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Autodesk and NASA Create Interplanetary Lander Using Generative Design

Autodesk has teamed up with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to design an energy and cost efficient interplanetary lander. Then lander structure is heavily reliant on generative design, which helps achieve significant performance savings.

by Hanna Watkin
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