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Rockets with 3D-Printed Injectors

NASA's Most Complex 3D-Printed Rocket Part Yet Passes Test (Video)

By Kelly Dickerson published

NASA tested two rockets with 3D-printed injectors modeled after the rocket that could one day send humans to Mars.

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Made in Space's 3D printer

NASA Launches Student Contest for 3D-Printed Astronaut Tools

By Megan Gannon published

You don't have to become an astronaut to use the International Space Station's new 3D printer.

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Made In Space Sample 3-D Printed Parts

Zero-G 3D Printer Set for Launch: What Will Be Made In Space First?

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

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3-D Printer at Marshall Space Flight Center

World's First 3D Printer in Space Will Launch This Month

By Mike Wall published

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SpaceX Tests 3D-Printed Engine Part

SpaceX Taking 3D Printing to the Final Frontier

By Elizabeth Howell published

As SpaceX gets ready to launch astronauts into space in the coming years, the California-based company is also pushing the frontier in another field: 3D printing.

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A 3D-printed model of the Homunculus Nebula is compared to a Hubble Space Telescope image of the same object in this NASA photo.

Star Explosion's Strange Shape Revealed in 3D (Video)

By Elizabeth Howell published

A double-lobed star explosion seen by the Hubble Space Telescope has a more complicated backstory than astronomers ever imagined, according to a 3D model of the ill-fated star's eruption.

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Cubesat with 3D Printed Parts

NASA Is Building the World's First 3D-Printed Space Cameras

By Kelly Dickerson published

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3D Printer by Made in Space

NASA Urged to Accelerate 3D Printing on Space Station

By Elizabeth Howell published

International Space Station
Made in Space's 3D Printer

3D Printer Cleared for August Launch to Space Station

By Mike Wall published

International Space Station
SpaceShipTwo at 71,000 Feet

Virgin Galactic to Fly 12 Space Tech Experiments on Private Spaceliner

By Elizabeth Howell published

As Virgin Galactic prepares to carry paying tourists into space, it's also readying another source of flight cash: carrying tech experiments designed for microgravity.

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