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NASA blasts its 3D printed parts with 20,000 pounds of thrust

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 28, 2013

3D printed parts will soon be heading for the launchpad Sick of producing parts that, when printed off on your…

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Space: Manufacturing for up in the stars gets lighter with every design

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 7, 2014

Sentinel-5 Precursor is scheduled for launch in 2016 to monitor the atmosphere from polar orbit. The satellite will carry the…

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Product Design

Design technology ain’t what it used to be. Or is it?

Posted by Al Dean - September 7, 2015

With his lad off to secondary school and soon to be studying Product Design, Al Dean has been feeling nostalgic.…

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Expedition Z competition challenges designers to redefine life on the International Space Station

Posted by Greg Corke - August 10, 2016

NASA Tech Briefs and HP are challenging engineers, designers, architects and high education students from France, Germany and the UK…

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WATCH // NASA’s testing and analysis of advanced composite shells

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 6, 2017

The NESC Academy offers its viewers the opportunity to learn from senior NASA scientists, engineers, and subject matter experts, and…

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WATCH // NASA’s R&D back catalogue

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 21, 2017

https://giphy.com/embed/54yzeA4OkvyLe Say goodbye to many, many, many, many hours of your life – once you’ve clicked the link, you’ve signed…

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HP launches global design project to imagine life on Mars

Posted by Greg Corke - August 1, 2017

Is there life on Mars? Yes – 1 million humans to be precise. From buildings and vehicles, to farms and…

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3D Printing

NASA Orion mission sets sights on taking 3D Printing into deep space

Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 18, 2018

NASA’s Orion vehicle is set to take off with more than 100 3D printed parts out of the Additive Manufacturing…

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ARC and Link3D announce partnership to enable AM standards compliance

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 2, 2019

ARC is designing the next generation of rocket engines Link3D has announced its partnership with Additive Rocket Corporation (ARC), a…

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