21 November 2019
Orbex opens doors to Europe’s most modern rocket factory
... the integration of dozens of tiny design details and features without requiring additional processing time. Orbex is able to 3-D print a complete rocket engine in just five days. “We’re creating rockets in a way that hasn’t been done before,” said...
October 2015
Japan’s H-IIA rocket: beautiful, accurate, and on-time
... cycle for the 1st stage engine, manufacturing with 3D printing, and commercial off-the-shelf parts in place of ... its launch in autumn 2015 Aerospace manufacturers use 3D printing technology to build up three-dimensional structures by selectively...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
... enterprises can develop low cost satellites that could be produced at lower cost and in high volume via 3D printing this could be quite significant. Such techniques could also find application in communications, precision satellite navigation, and...
August 2016
Commercial space development spurs trend for public-private collaboration
... from asteroid metals sourced from meteorites. The exercise proved that metals on asteroids could be processed and printed into anything, a critically important technological development because human exploration of the Solar System will be most...
September 2016
Preparing the future: the right technology at the right time
... materials make up much of the rest of the satellite cost - with plenty of scope for cost reduction. A prototype 3D-printed antenna being put to the test in ESA’s Compact Antenna Test Facility. Schedule is, in turn a significant driver of project...
March 2017
Space research inspires innovation in fashion
... as handmade, thanks to new technologies like laser cutting, thermo-shaping and circular knitting, or items digitally produced by 3D printing. The early 1980s film Blade Runner continues to influence fashion design. Karl Lagerfeld and Thierry Mugler...
