The "3-D Printing in Zero G Experiment (3-D Print)"device will be the first machine to make parts in space, and will be used on the International Space Station (ISS). Scheduled for certification and launch next year, the printer is an extrusion-based additive manufacturing machine, which...
The first metal 3D printer for space, developed by Airbus* for the European Space Agency (ESA), will soon be tested aboard the Columbus module of the International Space Station(ISS). It could be a real game changer for manufacturing in space and future missions to the Moon or Mars. Addit...
The International Space Station (ISS) was sent its first 3D printer in 2014 and research on manufacturing parts away from the Earth's gravitational pull has continued since, both here and in orbit. Dr Bailet's prototype 3D printer uses a granular material instead of the filaments used on Ear...
Made in Space's prototype 3D printer, which is bound for the International Space Station in 2014, has passed a series of microgravity flight tests, company officials say. Image released June 19, 2013.(Image credit: Made in Space) A 3D printer bound for the International Space Station in 201...
"The 3D printer that we're going to fly on space station will actually be the first-ever 3D printer in space," Niki Werkheiser, 3D Print project manager at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., said in a video about the space station 3D printer that posted online Oc...
Engineers test a 3D printer under microgravity conditions aboard a modified aircraft in parabolic flight. Credit: Made In Space In one small step towards space manufacturing, NASA is sending a 3D printer to the International Space Station. Astronauts will be able to make plastic objects of almost...
NASA and Made in Space to send first 3D printer into spaceJun.3, 2013To prepare for a future where parts can be built on-demand in space, NASA has announced ambitious plans to launch equipment for the first 3-D microgravity printing experiment to the International Space Station.Partnered ...
Having the design chosen and 3D printed, the team proceeds to the testing phase. Back in March 2015, when NASA JSC bought the first Zortrax 3D printer, prototypes 3D printed with Z-ABS provided a means to hold the tool in hand early in the process and get rid of the design flaws that...
)和倒数第三段中“WangYanan, editor-in-chief of theAerospace Knowledgemagazine, said the 3D printer will be very useful in extended spacemissions, such as those in a space station, because it will allowastronauts to make components quickly and conveniently in space. Thetechnology will save future...
SpaceCAL is a 3D printer that can create objects in microgravity conditions; a recent test of the device aboard the Virgin Galactic 07 mission was successful.