March 2016
The Use of 3D Printing for Space Applications
...the Lunar soil by means of a novel 3D printing technology. Acta Astronautica, 2014. 93: p. 430-450. 3Pambaguian, L., Ghidini, T., Bonvoisin, B., Gumpinger, J., Smith, M., Roma, I., Ernst, C., Hovland, S., Breteau, J., Danesi, A., Metal Based Additive...
January 2019
Materials make the space mission
... materials and engineering are crucial for the success of missions for space exploration and settlement. Here, Tommaso Ghidini, head of the Structures, Mechanisms and Materials Division of the European Space Agency (ESA) guides readers through...
29 January 2016
3D Printing Our Future in Space and on Earth
Tommaso and his team have already come quite close to realising this goal with some mind blowing 3D ...
23 November 2018
3D printed body parts being studied for future astronauts
... the relevant experts have come together to discuss applying 3D bioprinting and regenerative medicine for space,” said Tommaso Ghidini, head of ESA’s Structures, Mechanisms and Materials Division, overseeing the project. “We’re asking what astronauts...
20 January 2020
ESA facility begins producing oxygen out of simulated moon dust
... for the mid-2020s. “We’re shifting our engineering approach to a systematic use of lunar resources in-situ,” says Tommaso Ghidini, Head of ESA’s Structures, Mechanisms and Materials Division. “We are working with our colleagues in the Human and...
