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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

To support a potential future lunar base, researchers at the European Space Agency (ESA) have 3D printed and baked fake Moon dust into screws, gears, and even a coin. Both private and government space ...

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 ...

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 ...

Production designer Nathan Crowley was strolling through the Brooklyn Navy Yard during the shoot for “The Greatest Showman” in fall 2016 when he passed a building with a 3D printer printing a chair.