Tag: NASA
12 space companies, boosted by 3D printing to Provide Venture Class Launch Services for NASA
NASA has selected 12 companies to provide launch services for the agency’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) missions. This opportunity will open...
$73.7 million contract for Demo of 3D-Printed Spacecraft Parts Made
NASA has recently awarded a $73.7 million contract to Made In Space, Inc. for the demonstration of Archinaut One, a small spacecraft produced using...
3D Printed Building on Mars: NASA Announced the Results of its Contest
NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge organized in partnership with Bradley University, lasted four years. The participants had to design and construct habitats for the future...
A $2 million funding to advance 3D printed sensor technology
Mahmooda Sultana is the lucky scientist that received a $2 million funding from Nasa. The NASA technologist will develop a field that is not yet fully...
Hybrid 3D printer Refabricator recycles plastic for 3D prints in-space
NASA has recently installed a 3D printer on the
International Space Station (ISS). Called the Refabricator, the 3D
printer is able to recycle polymer plastic numerous...
L’Imprimante 3D hybride Refabricator recycle le plastique pour l’impression 3D dans l’espace
La NASA a récemment installé une imprimante 3D sur la Station
spatiale internationale (ISS). Baptisée Refabricator, l'imprimante 3D
est capable de recycler le plastique polymère plusieurs...
Copper3D’s antibacterial 3D printing filament fits the needs of NASA
The NASA Nebraska Space Grant, the university of Nebraska and Copper3D are currently testing the potential of an antibacterial 3D printing filament. The material...
3D Print your own SOFIA observatory aircraft – Thank you NASA for the .STL
A free model of the SOFIA observatory aircraft has been made available in NASA database of 3D printable files. NASA has added a miniature...
Mission to the Moon: Achieve 3D Printed Parts for NASA’s Orion Mission
Two days ago, we were talking about the new material of Stratasys: Antero 800NA used to additively manufacture parts exposed to chemicals and high...
3D printed habitat challenge: phase 2 is now complete
In September 2015, NASA launched a 2.5 million multi-phase challenge to build a 3D printed habitat; the purpose being to make the construction technology...