NASA just ‘emailed’ a wrench to space for the first time - Shades of Star Trek

Ramani Aswath

Ramani Aswath

@ramani-VR4O43 Oct 27, 2024
No wonder 3D printing is going places or spaces. Beam me up a hamburger please.
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Now that the International Space Station has a 3-D printer, engineers can design new tools on the ground and then beam them up to space.

In September, Made In Space, Inc shipped a 3-D printer to the astronauts at ISS. In November it printed its first object -- a replacement part for itself.
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