New technology is a key to helping NASA advance its long-term exploration goals for the benefit of all. To support its effort, the agency announced Thursday it will create two new institutes to ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — NASA partnered with Austin 3D printing company ICON to build habitats and infrastructure that could help future explorers of the moon and Mars. NASA said the Moon to Mars Planetary ...

In fall 2024, NASA developed and tested a 3D-printed antenna to demonstrate a low-cost capability to communicate science data to Earth. The antenna, tested in flight using an atmospheric weather ...

A Texas company is creating a 3D printer that could build roadways, landing pads and habitats on the moon. Austin-based ICON is developing a laser system that would melt the moon’s soil to build ...

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 ...

Made In Space is surely working away on "Archinaut," its most-recent contract win with NASA that involves building a robotic 3D printer with parts aggregation and assembly capabilities for the ...

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 ...

An Austin company will play a key role as NASA aims to return to the moon and establish a base camp on the lunar surface. Icon, the Austin-based construction company that uses giant 3D printers to ...

NASA has announced that it will establish two new institutes to advance technology critical to engineering and climate research. The space agency plans to develop multidisciplinary research and ...