In the future, NASA envisions using 3D printing to create entire habitats or landing pads for use on other planets. “With the advancement in advanced manufacturing here on Earth, new opportunities ...

NASA partnered with Austin 3D printing company ICON to build habitats and infrastructure that could help future explorers of the moon and Mars.

NASA funds 3D pizza printer. By Denise Chow. May 22, 2013 / 3:43 PM EDT / Space ... Now, he's aiming to build a more advanced prototype to print a pizza, according to Quartz.

The SBIR award will build on ICON’s commercial activities and demonstrations during Phase 3 of NASA’s 3D Printed Habitat Challenge. For the challenge, ICON partnered with the Colorado School of Mines, ...

NASA is investigating how it could make tools and replacement parts by printing them in space using 3D printers. See NASA's vision for 3D printing in space.

NASA engineers are using a 3D laser printing system to produce intricate metal parts such as rocket engine components for its next-generation Space Launch System (SLS).

NASA must move quickly to research 3D printing aboard the International Space Station, which likely has just six to 10 years of operational life left, a new report urges.

Redwire hopes to 3D print whole organs in space, although it characterizes this as a "long-term" goal. The company is also using NASA's Advanced Plant Habitat for a project to identify genes for ...

Perhaps one of the most impressive applications of 3D printing is its developing ability to build homes on the Moon. Believe it or not, NASA plans to 3D print lunar structures. The space agency ...

From aerospace and medical purposes to fashion and automotive innovations, there are nearly limitless possibilities of 3D printing for prototyping, manufacturing and customization. 3D printing is ...

NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate has launched several programs to create prototypes of tools for current or future missions using 3D printing, or additive manufacturing, a manufacturing ...