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3D Printer Passes Microgravity Flight Tests
Credit: Made in Space
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.
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Made in Space team members
Credit: Made in Space, Inc.
Made in Space team members Adam Ellsworth, Brinson White and Jason Dunn wave to the camera while testing multiple 3D printers in zero-gravity.
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3D Printer by Made in Space to Fly to ISS
Credit: Miriam Kramer/SPACE.com
A 3D printer developed by Made in Space will fly to the International Space Station. Image released on July 29, 2013.
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3D Printer Bound for Space Station Passes Tests
Credit: Made in Space
Deputy program manager Matthew Napoli examines a 3D-printed piece at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
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3D-Printed Rocket Part Passes Key Test
Credit: NASA Glenn Research Center
A liquid oxygen/gaseous hydrogen rocket injector assembly built using 3D printing technology is hot-fire tested at NASA Glenn Research Center’s Rocket Combustion Laboratory in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Lunar Base by Foster + Partners
Credit: ESA/Foster + Partners
In this artist's rendering, a 3D printing robot pours layer after layer of hardened lunar dirt and dust onto an inflatable dome shell, 3D printing a lunar base.
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3-D Printing Device Could Build Moon Base from Lunar Dust
Credit: D-Shape
This 6-foot-tall (2 meter) gazebo was built with D-shape 3-D printing technology. The monolithic sandstone structure was made of about 200 thin layers and is shown unfinished (left) and after a week of finishing by hand. It was designed to look like a micro-organism called Radiolaria. The structure in the background, overhead, is the printing device.
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Lunar Base With Earthrise
Credit: ESA/Foster + Partners
The European Space Agency and a consortium of industry professionals investigated the feasibility of using 3D printing to build a lunar base.
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Monolite D-Shape Printer for ESA's Lunar Base
Credit: ESA
ESA and partners used this 3D printer to print a piece of the possible lunar home.
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Mosaic of the Lunar South Pole
Credit: ESA
The European Space Agency and a consortium of industry professionals investigated the feasibility of using 3D printing to build a lunar base.
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1.5 Metric Ton Building Block
Credit: ESA
This 2,205 pound (1,000 kilograms)test-print is made from simulated lunar dirt and resembles a cross section of what the lunar home could look like.
