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 ...

funded through NASA’s Flight Opportunities program and with support from Berkeley Engineering and the Berkeley Space Center, allowed us to validate the readiness of this 3D printing technology ...

Last week at their headquarters on NASA's campus, Made In Space engineers in lab coats and hair nets tinkered with a sealed 3D printer in a dust free cleanroom, preparing the models for further ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ... or citizen scientist, or 3D printer user, check out their huge file repository that is completely free and not copyrighted.

This week the International Space Station has received its first and highly anticipated 3D printer which has been installed inside the Destiny laboratory’s Microgravity Science Glovebox by ...

The space agency recently awarded a $125,000 grant to a project aimed at 3D printing food for astronauts ... and while astronauts don't have nearly as much free time in space as we might assume ...

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 ...

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 ...