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A 3D printer developed by Auxilium Biotechnologies has created medical devices on the International Space Station (ISS) as science attempts to overcome certain gravity-induced manufacturing ...
Lowe’s Innovation Labs, the disruptive innovation hub of Lowe’s Companies, Inc., has partnered with aerospace company Made in Space, to become the first to launch a commercial 3D printer to space. The ...
Samples produced by the Metal 3D Printer prior to launch to the space station. Photo courtesy of ESA. The metal 3D printer was designed to evaluate the capabilities of additive technology and to ...
As space exploration aims to go further than ever before, space agencies and companies are looking at new ways to sustain longer duration space flights, as well as on other planetary bodies. A ...
Scientists with the University of California, Berkeley, have carried out successful tests of a next-gen microgravity 3D printer called SpaceCAL. The tests were carried out as part of the Virgin ...
The first metal thingamajig ever 3D printed in space has landed on Earth, where European Space Agency (ESA) scientists are now studying it. In a press release, the ESA announced that the object — a ...
Space pioneers will bring 3D printers with them to make the tools, structures and habitats space pioneers need to survive in a hostile alien environment. JumlongCh JumlongCh/Getty Editor’s note: The ...
The U.S. Air Force awarded Johns Hopkins University $545,00 to study additive manufacturing techniques to make cooling chambers for liquid rocket engines. The first-ever hand tool to be emailed up to ...