Printers in space! Astronauts on the space station may not have to wait for the next resupply mission if they can print out needed parts right onboard. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets ...
Bioprinted body parts could prove vital to future medical treatments, and scientists are going to great lengths to test it — in a very literal sense. NASA, Redwire and the Uniformed Services ...
The Redwire Regolith Print facility suite, consisting of Redwire’s Additive Manufacturing Facility and the print heads, plates, and lunar regolith simulant feedstock that launches to the International ...
NASA is preparing to launch a 3D printer into space next year, a toaster-sized game changer that could generate lifesaving tools, parts and supplies. The printers would serve as a flying factory of ...
3D printing rocket engines? It seems like these days you can 3D print just about anything. We’ve talked about 3D printed next-gen perovskite solar panels, houses, and the development of advanced ...
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NASA has edged one step closer to building Moon and Mars colonies using the celestial bodies' soil. Universe Today notes that NASA's latest International Space Station resupply mission included a ...
The NY Times discussed the NASA funding of Icon to send 3D printers to the moon for the construction of buildings. NASA scientists are currently working to perfect a replica of lunar concrete. In the ...
A Texas company is creating a 3D printer that could build roadways, landing pads and habitats on the moon. Austin-based ICON is developing a laser system that would melt the moon’s soil to build ...
The following flight, EM-2, will also go near the Moon, but with astronauts on board, a first since 1972 and will enable NASA to prepare for increasingly complex missions in deep space. The mission ...
NASA‘s latest Northrop Grumman Sygnus resupply mission carried a 3D regolith printer to the International Space Station (ISS), according to the agency. The Redwire Regolith Print (RRP) project, which ...
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and Texan robotics and advanced materials company ICON have revealed their latest collaboration, the 3D-printed Mars Dune Alpha. The experimental habitat will be used by NASA ...