Join NASA to Live One Year Simulated in 3D Printed Mars Habitat on Earth

NASA wants four volunteers second of three planned ground-based missions called CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) is scheduled to kick off in spring 2025. Each CHAPEA mission involves a four-person volunteer crew living and working inside a 1,700-square-foot, 3D-printed habitat based at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The habitat, called the Mars …

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In 2026 Relativity Space Will Match the SpaceX Falcon 9

Relativity Space built and launched the world’s first 3D printed rocket, Terran 1, and is building the Terran R, a reusable Falcon 9 class launch vehicle. As of April 2023, Relativity Space has raised $1.6 billion in funding from investors including BlackRock, Sand Hill Angels, and Mark Cuban. Relativity Space has a backlog. SpaceX Falcon …

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3D Printed Houses in Texas and Later the Moon

The Vulcan 3D printed home construction system is comprised of the Vulcan printer and the Magma portable mixing unit that prepares ICON’s proprietary building material, Lavacrete, for printing. All of this hardware is driven by the BuildOS software suite. BuildOS generates and prepares architecture for printing, then controls the robotic hardware on-site to turn digital …

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NASA Funds Icon 3D Homes for Lunar and Mars Construction

Icon is developing the Olympus’ printing technology processes to turn local lunar regolith (moon dust) into a super strong building material using only energy and then 3D-prints structures with it. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 …

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Relativity Space Will Make 3D Printed Reusable Rocket at Near Falcon 9 Scale

Relativity Space has raised a $650 million Series E. They have raised over $1.2 billion. Relativity’s post-money valuation now stands at $4.2 billion. They will make the heavy-lift, fully reusable two-stage rocket called the Terran R. Their first rocket is the Terran 1 and it is scheduled for a first orbital flight at the end …

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ICONs 3D Printed Moonbase Vision Has NASA Funding

ICON has received funding from NASA and launched “PROJECT OLYMPUS” to reach for the stars with an off-world construction system for the Moon. World-renowned architecture firms BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group and SEArch+ have signed on as architectural partners for the audacious project. ICON recently raised a $35 million Series A round for its 3D-printed homes in …

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Spaceship Models With No Imagination Limits And Near Movie FX Model Quality

Every person who has dreamed about science fiction and making futuristic spaceship models has wanted to get towards personal custom versions of spaceships with 2001 and Star Wars FX model quality. However, the pre-built models or pieces limited your imagination. The Lego and other kits did not let you make custom pieces. You were building …

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3D printed bridge looks like alien technology

MX3D is 3D printing a fully functional stainless steel bridge to cross one of the oldest and most famous canals in the center of Amsterdam, the Oudezijds Achterburgwal. They equip typical industrial robots with purpose-built tools and develop the software to control them. The unique approach allows us to 3D print strong, complex and graceful …

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