The first 3D printer ever to fly in space will blast off this month, and NASA has high hopes for the innovative device's test runs on the International Space Station. The 3D printer, which is ...

Adam Ellsworth, Brinson White and Jason Dunn of Made in Space testing 3D printing in microgravity ... plane and its passengers (including printers) are in free-fall, simulating microgravity ...

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 any shape they like ...

If a new NASA program is successul, astronauts will soon have access to a 3D printer instead to manufacture whatever tool or part they need. The U.S. space agency is planning on sending its first ...