Instead of axes and plows, however, today's space pioneers will bring 3D printers. As an engineer and professor who is developing technologies to extend the human presence beyond Earth, I focus my ...

This 3D printing technology could allow astronauts to manufacture satellite engines in space, eliminating the need for Earth-based launches. Electrospray engines use electric fields to create high ...

3D Printing in Zero-G sent the first 3D printer, developed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and Redwire (formerly Made in Space), to the space station in 2014.