Launch vehicles, spacecraft, and in-space services provider Firefly Aerospace has announced it will transition its manufacturing of large parts to an Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) system from Ingers…
$140M investment brings Relativity Space’s fully 3D printed rocket closer to 2021 launch
Californian 3D printed rocket manufacturer Relativity Space has announced the successful raising of $140 million in funding. Led by global technology investment firm Bond and San Franciscan growth-sta…
Relativity Space to build autonomous rocket 3D printing factory in Mississippi
Californian 3D printed rocket manufacturer and launch service provider Relativity Space has been granted permission to expand facilities at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississ…
Relativity Space “completely 3D printed” rocket to send Telesat satellites into LEO
Relativity Space, a California-based aerospace company, has signed a contract with Telesat, a Canadian communication satellite maker and operator. According to the agreement, the 3D printed Terran 1 s…
Relativity advances toward 2020 3D printed rocket launch with new IP and expertise
Relativity, the California startup in pursuit of the world’s first entirely-3D printed rocket, has made two advances in terms of IP and personnel. In a patent published November 29 2018, the com…
Relativity Space raises $35 million to further first 3D printed rocket on Mars
The Stargate from space exploration technology startup Relativity Space is in development to be “the largest metal 3D printer in the world.” Powered by three robotic arms, the machine prom…
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…
Life-size Stargate portal replica
Science fiction and 3D printing- the two just seem to naturally go together. Star Trek items, Futurama ships and Rick’s laser gun from Rick and Morty are just some of hundreds of designs that ha…