Update: Prusa has released a new version of the MK4, the MK4S. It's an incremental upgrade but adds a lot of great features.

Curiously Realistic Ironically, the 3D printing shown in Lost in Space might actually be a bit too realistic.

With growing interest in additive manufacturing in food, tools in space, and housing construction 3D printing is worth exploring further.

Already, 3D printing in space is underway. On the International Space Station, astronauts use 3D printers to make tools and spare parts, such as ratchet wrenches, clamps and brackets.

3D printers will make the tools, structures and habitats space pioneers need to survive in a hostile alien environment. They will enable long-term human presence on the moon and Mars.

3D printing is poised to change the nature of space fabrication forever. See photos of 3D printing projects for space missions and rocket parts.

Innovative startup Space Foundry has been talking up what could be the next major step on from 3D printing, namely plasma printing. Space Foundry is the brainchild of Ram Prasad Gandhiraman and ...

In-space 3D printing research paves way for future in-orbit fabricators University of Glasgow researchers have demonstrated a patented process that can effectively 3D print in low-Earth gravity with ...