When the people of Earth set up bases on the moon, you can imagine that 3D printing will be a key enabling technology. Of course, you could ship plastic or other filament at great cost. But what if ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The entire Apollo 11 mission to the moon took just ...

Throughout history, when pioneers set out across uncharted territory to settle in distant lands, they carried with them only the essentials: tools, seeds and clothing. Anything else would have to come ...

Within a decade, a startup known for building cheap 3D-printed houses on Earth is hoping to bring the materials cost for building structures on the lunar surface down to zero. Austin-based ICON said ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on Oct. 8, 2023. The original video can be viewed here. There was a time when futurists were predicting that the advent of 3D printing was going ...

In just a few days, ORNL researchers used powder bed printing to create this lunar rover wheel based on a NASA design. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in ...

Russian space agency Roscosmos has confirmed that it’s planning to 3D print structures on the surface of the Moon. The plan is to use on-site material such as lunar regolith, the rocky material that ...

There are about three years left until humans will once again set foot on the Moon. The landing of Artemis III will mark the beginning of a new exploration program that will see a space station being ...

As if the world's first 3D-printed house wasn't enough, now architecture firm Foster + Partners has unveiled its plan to 3D print houses on the moon. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she ...

Space pioneers will bring 3D printers with them to make the tools, structures and habitats space pioneers need to survive in a hostile alien environment. JumlongCh JumlongCh/Getty Editor’s note: The ...

Loughborough University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. The entire Apollo 11 mission to the moon took just eight days. If we ever want to build permanent bases on the moon, or ...