Relativity Space, a Californian aerospace startup, has signed a contract with the U.S. Air Force to operate its own launch facility on one of their sites. The agreement permits the company to test its…
Launcher succesfully test-fires EOS 3D printed copper rocket engine
Founded in 2017, Launcher is using 3D printing to develop a liquid oxygen (LOX)/kerosene rocket to transport satellites into low-Earth orbit. Now, with the successful test firing of a 3D printed coppe…
3D printing news Sliced MakerBot, Blue Origin, BigRep, Xometry, Dassault Systèmes
Who will win the race to space: Blue Origin or SpaceX? Can classroom educators become 3D printing experts? Would you wear 3D printed lingerie? How can additive manufacturing restore historical art pie…
Relativity Space planning to use Stargate 3D printer to make rockets on Mars
Based in Los Angeles, Relativity Space is developing a new 3D printer for, “scaling and sustaining an interplanetary society”. Since founding in 2015, Relativity Space has received $10 million in fund…
Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully tests 3D printed AR1 engine in bid to replace current RD-180
Aerojet Rocketdyne has reported two significant milestones have been reached in the development of the 3D printed AR1 rocket engine. Following successful hot fire tests, the engine also completed its …
4 enterprises (who are not SpaceX) Using 3D Printing to reach space
Elon Musk and his SpaceX project may have attracted the most attention at the recent 67th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), but as World Space Week begins today we present four enterprises u…