Manufacturers and contractors from around the world have taken the opportunity to demonstrate that 3D printing-based innovation is alive and well in the aerospace sector at this week’s Farnborough Int…
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Impulse and Relativity Space to launch 3D printed rocket to Mars in breakthrough mission
Space launch firms Impulse Space and Relativity Space have announced a joint mission to Mars to deliver what is thought to be the world’s first commercial payload to the red planet’s surface. As part …
Relativity Space reaches $1.2B Terran R backlog, NASA and AI SpaceFactory unveil 3D printed lunar outpost design
The aerospace sector has seen several 3D printing-related milestones announced over the past month, ranging from a new bouncing space robot for asteroid exploration to the launch of a pioneering new N…
Humanity’s return to the Moon edges closer as Rocket Lab fires CAPSTONE satellite into space
Californian launch service provider Rocket Lab has successfully fired a pioneering new NASA satellite towards a ‘lunar orbit.’ Launched via the firm’s 3D printed engine-powered Electron ro…
ETH Zurich uses 3D printing to build unique ‘hopping’ space robot for exploring asteroids
Researchers at ETH Zurich have utilized 3D printing to build a robot designed for ‘bouncing’ from asteroid-to-asteroid in outer space. Developed alongside colleagues at ZHAW, ETH Zurich’s SpaceH…
InssTek announces new 3D printing milestones for medical and aerospace applications
Korean metal 3D printing company InssTek has announced a couple of significant milestones achieved with its various Direct Energy Deposition (DED) additive manufacturing technologies. InssTek is…
Launcher wins US Space Force funding, Relativity prepares to launch the Terran 1 in rocket 3D printing advances
It has been a big week for the rocket 3D printing industry, with Relativity Space and Launcher both announcing significant advances in their aerospace programs. Relativity Space has revealed tha…
Fleet Space’s Centauri 5 satellite sees successful launch with 3D printed patch antennas
Fleet Space, an Australia-based satellite developer, has successfully launched its new partially-3D printed Centauri 5 satellite on board the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-5 mission. The next-generation…
Anisoprint signs MoU with Nanoracks to deploy CFC 3D printing in space
Anisoprint, a manufacturer of continuous fiber 3D printing systems, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nanoracks Space Outpost Europe that will see it become a part of the Low Earth O…
CNES explores space propulsion system improvements with 3D printed ceramics
New research carried out by the French Space Agency (CNES) is investigating how 3D printed oxide ceramic materials could improve the design of crucial subsystems for space propulsion. The research foc…