Aerospace and Aviation

Trends in Aerospace and Aviation in 3D Printing

Follow the latest trends and technology innovations in this area of 3D Printing.

We will be posting curated articles and videos on this subject on a regular basis, often daily.

Nine Most Recent Posts in Aerospace and Aeronautics

NASA Funds Program to 3D Print and Assemble Spacecraft in Low-Earth Orbit

by David | Jul 15, 2019 | 3D News, Aerospace and Aviation, Printers | 0 Comments

NASA Funds Program to 3D Print and Assemble Spacecraft in Orbit NASA is funding a $73.7 million program to manufacture and assemble spacecraft components in low-Earth orbit. California-based Made In Space Inc. has won the multi-million dollar funding to demonstrate...

Mining Space Debris as a Resource for 3D Printing Material

by David | Jul 14, 2019 | Aerospace and Aviation | 0 Comments

Authors Maria Lucas-Rhimbassen, Cristiana Santos, George Antony Long, and Lucien Rapp delve into some heavy matter in the recently published ‘ Conceptual model for a profitable return on investment from space debris as abiotic space resource . ’ While the topic is an...

Blue Origin’s Next Rocket Engine Could Send the First Settlers to the Moon

by David | Jul 10, 2019 | Aerospace and Aviation, Companies, People | 0 Comments

Blue Origin’s BE-4 engine shows off its abilities during a static firing at the company’s West Texas test facility. Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and the richest person on Earth, is of course a man who thinks big. But exactly how big is only now becoming clear....

Scientists 3D-print human skin and bone for Mars astronauts

by David | Jul 9, 2019 | 3D News, Aerospace and Aviation, Bioprinting | 0 Comments

Imagine walking up to a Star Trek replicator and ordering a bone graft instead of tea, Earl Grey, hot. We're heading in that direction. The European Space Agency's 3D Printing of Living Tissue for Space Exploration project aims to print human tissue to help injured...

Rocket Lab completes 100th 3D-Printed Rocket Engine

by David | Jul 9, 2019 | Aerospace and Aviation, Companies | 0 Comments

Rocket Lab uses a 3D-printed rocket engine to heft satellites into space. You could call it one giant leap for 3D printing. California's Rocket Lab just completed its 100th additive-printed Rutherford Engine as it targets cheaper rocket launches and space missions....

Tests continue for rocket with 3D printed motor

by David | Jul 4, 2019 | Aerospace and Aviation | 0 Comments

An innovative small rocket company got a little further Wednesday with a test of what could be the cheapest rocket engine ever made – if it works. Cheap rockets could mean more space business, jobs and launches. Engineers put together what might be called the craziest...

JUST IN: Navy Chief Anticipates 3D-Printed Nuclear Weapons

by David | Jul 3, 2019 | 3D News, Aerospace and Aviation, Military | 0 Comments

Navy Other nations could use 3D printing to develop atomic arsenals, according to the chief of naval operations. "Much is changing here in the nuclear world," Adm. John Richardson said July 2 during remarks at a breakfast in Washington, D.C., hosted by the Mitchell...

Aluminum-tin Ink May Be Used for 3D Printing Replacement Parts on the ISS

by David | Jul 2, 2019 | 3D News, Aerospace and Aviation, Metal | 0 Comments

Authors Z.S. Courtright and C.W. Hill of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center explore the uses of a very specific metallic ink in ‘ Optimization of Aluminum-Tin Ink Composition and Sintering in Atmospheric Conditions .’ For this research project, the scientists focus...

3D Printed Performance Parts On Demand

by David | Jun 28, 2019 | 3D News, Aerospace and Aviation, Automotive, Manufacturing, Medical | 0 Comments

One of the shortcomings in additive manufacturing has been the materials. Traditionally low-performance materials such as nylon, plastics or softer metals. Print Parts Inc. provides on-demand 3D printing using high-performing composite materials like Onyx, Nylon,...