Humans are going back to the moon. NASA has announced that a crewed mission will land on the moon by 2024, and that “sustained lunar exploration” will be possible by 2030. When these future moon ...

For space scientists dreaming up a manned base on the moon, 3D printing with lunar dust looms as an attractive possibility. Such on-demand fabrication would allow astronauts to repair broken parts, ...

They could make shelters, household items, protective gear and maybe even satellites. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For over ...

The same company that is 3D-printing Army barracks at Fort Bliss, Texas has now signed a $57.2 million contract with NASA to develop technologies for building landing pads, habitats, and roads on the ...

A 3D printer that can build a large house in one day already exists, and it may be headed to the moon. Discover how this is possible and why it's important.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Redwire Regolith Print facility suite, consisting of Redwire’s Additive Manufacturing Facility and the print heads, plates, and lunar regolith simulant feedstock that launches to the International ...

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 ...

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 ...

An Italian inventor has developed a machine that can build three-dimensional objects from sand and a binding agent. In other words, a pod you can send off-world and set to make something from nothing.