SpaceX early Sunday morning launched its first Twilight rideshare flight from California, launching satellites for NASA, an ...

Recently a team from the University of California, Berkeley sent a new 3D printer to space on a Virgin Galactic mission. The printer, called SpaceCAL and designed specifically for microgravity ...

Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is regularly used on the ground to quickly produce a variety of devices. Adapting this process for space could let crew members create tools and ...

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 ...

Astronauts venturing deep into space could receive medical treatments using 3D-printed skin, bone and – one day – entire organs, according to a leading group of 3D bioprinting experts who gathered at ...

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. Editor’s note: The Focus on Research column ...

Mesa, Arizona-based Rosotics has kept a low profile. From the startup’s website, one would think they are solely focused on selling large metal 3D printers to aerospace and defense customers. For the ...

Editor’s note: This article, distributed by The Associated Press, was originally published on The Conversation website. The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and ...

Among the more than 8,000 lb (3,600 kg) of cargo that blasted off from Cape Canaveral on the 30th of January, bound for the International Space Station, were two firsts: the world’s first metal 3D ...

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