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3D Printed Telescope: The Best Projects to See the Stars

If you want to see space from your porch, take a look through a 3D printed telescope and see the beauty of the night sky!

by Jackson O'Connell
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3D Printing in Space
India Space Research Organisation Used 3D Printing to Develop Antenna Now in Outer Orbit

India Space Research Organisation launched a 3D printed antenna into space and found the tech offers lighter parts in a quick period of time.

by Hanna Watkin
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Celebrate the Moon Landing with a 3D Printed Bootprint

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, memorabilia creator, Master Replicas, made a 3D printable version of Buzz Aldrin's footprint.

by Hanna Watkin
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3D Printing To New Heights
3D Printed Rocket: The Latest Advancements

Spacecraft are some of the most complicated machines ever engineered. Check out the latest advancements in 3D printed rockets!

by Gabriel Boyd
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Scientists Bio-Printing Human Skin and Bone for Space Missions

The European Space Agency is working on a project to 3D print living tissue for uses in space exploration. So far, it's used bio-printing to create bone and skin samples which could be recreated in a low-gravity environment. 

by Hanna Watkin
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Faster than a Speeding Bullet
3D Printed Rocket Engine Goes Hypersonic Over the Pacific

Ursa Major's 3D printed Hadley engine powered a new test vehicle aimed at helping the US military develop hypersonic capabilities faster.

by Carolyn Schwaar
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NASA Funds Demonstration to 3D Print Spacecraft Parts in Space

Made In Space has received a $73.7 million contract from NASA to demonstrate how its small spacecraft, called Archinaut One, can additively manufacture spacecraft components in low-Earth orbit.

by Hanna Watkin
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NASA Announces 3D Printed Habitat Challenge Winners

The competition challenged teams to design 3D printed habitats for deep space exploration. NASA awarded $700,000 in the final round to the first and second place winners.

by Hanna Watkin
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US Rocket Factory Relativity Receives 3D Printing Metal Technology Patent

Relativity, the autonomous rocket factory and launch service, has been granted a patent for its machine learning 3D metal printing technology. It's also added three senior leaders from the aerospace industry to its executive team.

by Hanna Watkin
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Mars One Space Colonisation Project Company Declares Bankruptcy

Mars One Ventures, the Dutch space colonization company set up by entrepreneur Bas Lansdorp, declared bankruptcy and has gone into liquidation. 

by Hanna Watkin
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How Zero Gravity Improves Bioprinting
Russian Company “3D Bioprinting Solution” Prints Organs in Space

The "Organaut" bioprinter on the International Space Station has started to print human micro-organs in zero gravity. The first experiments already looked promising.

by Alexei Shalaginov
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No Germs in Space
NASA and Copper 3D Test Antimicrobial 3D Printing Material in Space

Chilean company Copper3D won the NASA Nebraska Space Grant to study and develop antimicrobial 3D printed medical devices on the International Space Station (ISS). 

by Hanna Watkin
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Creates 3D Printable Model of Bennu Asteroid

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft entered the orbit of Bennu, an asteroid just 70 million miles from Earth, in late 2018 to survey it. Through this, scientists created a model of the asteroid, which they've shared so you can build a piece of outer space in your home.

by Hanna Watkin
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Autodesk and NASA Create Interplanetary Lander Using Generative Design

Autodesk has teamed up with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to design an energy and cost efficient interplanetary lander. Then lander structure is heavily reliant on generative design, which helps achieve significant performance savings.

by Hanna Watkin
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NASA-Awarded MARSHA Project Aims to 3D Print Egg-Shaped Structures on Mars

New York architecture and technology company AI SpaceFactory has been awarded by NASA for its MARS HAbitat (MARSHA) project. The concept includes using in-situ resource utilization to 3D print egg-shaped habitats on Mars that are optimized to deal with internal atmospheric pressure and structural stresses.

by Tyler Koslow
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ESA Now Testing a Prototype Microgravity 3D Printer

The European Space Agency (ESA) is testing a 3D printer designed to work under microgravity and fabricate with engineering polymers featuring high end mechanical and thermal properties.

by Bulent Yusuf
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Made In Space Receives NASA’s “Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year” Award

NASA’s Johnson Space Center this week awarded Made In Space, the space manufacturing company, with the Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year Award for performing well on every NASA contract.

by Hanna Watkin
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DIY Comscanner
3D Print Your Own Tricorder from the TV Series “The Orville”

A Reddit user 3D modeled and printed a replica Comscanner from Strar Trek based TV show The Orville without having anything to base his dimensions on other than screenshots from the show. 

by Hanna Watkin
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Experiments in Space
NASA to Develop 3D Printable Tools for Research of Omics in Space

NASA is launching the Omics in Space project, using 3D printing to develop tools to study omics aboard the ISS. These tools would allow astronauts to analyze biological samples and also assess how the space environment impacts their health. 

by Anne Freier
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Austiwawa 3D Prints and Launches CO₂-Powered Rockets with Onboard Camera

A popular YouTuber named Austin used 3D printing to create rockets that launch with compressed CO2. He tried to modify the rockets to include an onboard camera, and his entire trial and error process was captured on video.

by Hanna Watkin
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