Texas-based construction company ICON has delivered what it hails as the “world’s first” 3D printed lunar launch and landing pad to NASA, bringing its goal of creating an off-world construction system…
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Markforged 3D printer aids NASA JPL’s Team CoSTAR robots in DARPA Subterranean Challenge
Metal and carbon fiber 3D printer manufacturer Markforged is helping a collaborative team take on the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Subterranean Challenge. The project aims to de…
Fabrisonic uses UAM 3D printer to create low-cost satellite heat exchangers for NASA’s JPL
Solid-state metal 3D printing specialist Fabrisonic has utilized its compact SonicLayer 1200 3D printer to create better value satellite heat exchangers for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL). Inst…
Georgia students 3D print flight-ready ISS components for NASA HUNCH program
Students from Dade County Middle School in Trenton, Georgia have used their school’s FDM 3D printer to produce flight-ready components for the International Space Station. NASA’s HUNCH (High school st…
COSM’s in-space electron beam 3D printer enters final development stage before NASA Artemis program
Engineering firm COSM Advanced Manufacturing Systems has announced that it has begun working on the final development and build of a metal 3D printing system for NASA. The company was selected back in…
Relativity Space awarded $3m NASA VCLS Demo contract to launch CubeSats into orbit
3D printed rocket manufacturer Relativity Space has secured a $3million NASA contract to launch several Small Satellites (SmallSats) into Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Awarded as part of NASA’s Launch Servic…
NASA completes 23 hot-fire tests on critical 3D printed engine components
NASA has announced the successful completion of a series of 23 hot-fire tests on two 3D printed aerospace engine components – a copper alloy combustion chamber and specially developed iron-nicke…
NASA and Johns Hopkins APL use metal 3D printing for interstellar solar-powered rocket
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) are working with NASA to develop technology for a solar-powered rocket that could bring the exploration of interstellar s…
ASTM’s Center of Excellence to partner with NASA on “common interest” 3D printing projects
ASTM International’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) has signed a co-operative agreement with NASA to partner on “activities of common interest.” The three-year contract bet…
NASA’s JPL reveals that its Mars Perseverance rover features eleven metal 3D printed parts
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has revealed that its Perseverance rover, which is due to land on Mars in February 2021, has been fitted with eleven 3D printed parts. Perseverance’s fabricated…