On-board manufacturing for spacecraft is one small step closer with the development of new 3D printing technology in zero gravity. Dr Gilles Bailet, from the University of Glasgow's James Watt School ...

3D printers were first used in orbit in 2014, which allowed the astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) to print plastic parts and tools as required. Just last year, the European ...

"Our idea is to be able to manufacture things directly in space using 3D printing and in doing so we open the door to recycling in space and to have a full circular economy." The International ...

Researchers from the University of Glasgow unveiled a 3D printer that can create material in microgravity, which could improve space flight and may also help create better resources to use back on ...

Dr. Gilles Bailet and his team at James Watt School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow received a patent for a prototype 3D printer that has been tested to work in zero gravity.

We have all seen 3D printing being used in the automotive industry—but have you taken a look at how 3D printing is used for ...

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Researchers in California have designed new materials, PAMs, using 3D printing that can be fluid or solid depending on stress ...