November 2016
Emergency dental treatment on way to Mars
... a restoration is most important for the success of the treatment but what can be done if a restoration doesn’t fit? 3D printed crown in the 3D printer. In reality, fitting inaccuracy is mostly not a problem of the technology or the material used but...
March 2017
Growing plastic-producing bacteria in space
... Bacillus Subtilis. The B. subtilis bacterium is then metabolically engineered to supply bioplastic PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) for 3D printing. The two bacterial organisms are mechanically separated but are still able to exchange nutrients. This gives...
October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
... Sabatier system approach. Team Zopherus of Rogers, Arkansas, won first place in the Virtual Modeling Stage of NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Competition with a design that includes using a moving printer that deploys rovers to retrieve local materials...
20 July 2016
ESA open new laboratory in UK to test applications for future space missions
... help of Director General Jan Woerner, ESA opened the Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory aimed at understanding the capabilities of 3D printing and other advanced manufacturing techniques for future space missions. Based along side other world-leading...
January 2019
Materials make the space mission
...been demonstrated: a 1.5 tonne building block has been printed using simulated lunar regolith. Up in orbit, 3D printers...better than casting processes. Future technology developments include 4D printing - namely AM applied to shape memory alloys to ...
15 May 2017
Electron rocket gets ready for first flight test
... propulsion cycle that utilises an oxygen/kerosene pump fed engine, it is also made entirely from 3D printed components. The engine itself can be printed in as little as 24 hours and it is the first rocket engine to use such a unique cycle. If the...
