#Made In Space successfully completes 3d printing in vacuum of space, outside the ISS 3d printers have slowly
and very successfully been creeping into the aerospace industry, where giants like NASA are even embracing the technology as a way of manufacturing spacecraft parts on long-term missions in the future.
While a little bit like something out of sci-fi, that concept has just become far more realistic. Made In Space,
which was founded with the express focus of zero-gravity 3d printing, has announced just that they have concluded successfully 3d printing experiments in the vacuum of space.
To explain Made In Space was founded in 2010 as the first space manufacturing specialist in the world.
Their goal? To make additive manufacturing viable in space, with the express purpose of broadening the scope of space development.
Founded by Aaron Kemmer, Jason Dunn and Mike Chen, they have been very successful. In their own words, their they have realized over more than 30,000 hours of 3d printing testing, with more than 400 parabolas of microgravity tests.
But their biggest claim to fame: last year, they were contracted by NASA for the design,
building and operation of the first 3d printer in space, called the 3d printing In Zero-Ge Experiment.
This concept was taken to the International space station (the ISS), and was controlled from a mission operations center at the Made In Space HQ, located in the NASA Ames Research Park in San jose, California.
This Zero-G 3d printer is the first machine to operate in zero gravity, and was launched into orbit on September 21, 2014.
It served as a test bed for understanding the long-term effects of microgravity on 3d printing and the parts as well crucial information for use in future space exploration.
As those initial tests were successful (producing 24 parts that have since been returned to earth),
the team since moved on to 3d printing in the vacuum of space outside the ISS. ast month Made In Space successfully completed a round of tests,
proving that their next generation of 3d printers can operate in the vacuum of space, they now announce on their website.
These tests took place in a vacuum chamber. The zero gravity 3d printer used in space. This latest mission is set to be a precursor for the company commercial Additive Manufacturing Facility,
which is set to fly to the ISS later this year. e believe we are as little as 18 months away from incorporating the current designs into on-orbit tests,
Made In Space chief engineer Mike Snyder reveals. hese preliminary tests, combined with our experience with microgravity additive manufacturing,
show that the direct manufacturing of structures in space is possible using Made In Space developed technologies.
Soon, structures will be produced in space that are much larger than what could currently fit into a launch fairing,
designed for microgravity rather than launch survivability. Complete structural optimization is now possible in space.
An initial version of this AMF, complete with vacuum-compatible extrusion heads, is thus successful.
Over a week of testing was done, in which various specimens were printed 3d using aerospace-grade thermopolymers. hose specimens will be tested this month to determine
if any mechanical properties differ when compared to parts produced in Earth atmosphere. Preliminary results suggest that the vacuum-based 3d printing process works as expected, without any show stoppers,
they reveal. If all goes well, this AMF 3d printer could be launched by the end of this year to provide manufacturing services to NASA and the US National Laboratory on the ISS. 3d printing,
it seems, is moving beyond our world n
#Scientists develop 3d printed device to help solve cocktail-party problem Engineers are increasingly employing 3d printers to solve complex issues in the field of robotics,
and on Mars As regular readers will have noticed doubtlessly, 3d printing technology is already steadily making a name for itself as a genuine and very useful medical technology.
this fantastic initiative uses multipurpose solar-powered suitcase 3d printers that can be used to manufacture all sorts of medical tools in the remote corners of the world and even in space by astronauts.
a series of tests have already proven that astronauts can also benefit from this portable kit, for
which she took it to the Mars Desert Research Station which is used to prep the forthcoming mission to Mars. ince the International space station is powered by solar panels,
I decided to use solar energy to power my 3d printer to make medical supplies during my simulated Mars mission.
This had never been done before she says. hen I returned home, I had printed my medical supplies tested by clinic staff to see
and one used by NASA for various experiments. This is good news for the aging Chinese society
#American Wind turns wind-generated electricy on its head with 3d printed Microcube Aerospace engineer Robert Yost has developed
and stacking several Cubes together in the same space it takes for one solar panel can produce 18x as much energy.
he will have created a cost-effective and Earth-friendly power alternative, and accomplished what other said could never be done.
As an engineer with a backround working for major aerospace companies such as Boeing and GE Aircraft engines, Yost founded American Wind and quickly put his skills to work."
which has led to the depletion of Earth resources and has increased dramatically global warming. 3d printing technology has made already huge contributions to address both of these concerns individually,
assistant professor in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Florida, took advantage of the physical properties of a commercially available granular hydrogel made up of 7 m-wide particles.
most of the materials that the researchers are interested in working with are more big enough for this to not be a serious problem. hatever it is that comes out of the nozzle is trapped in space wherever we place it,
or solid substance rather than empty space-is something researchers have been trying to perfect for years, and for good reason."
Its applications range from medicine, advanced energy, electronics, aerospace design and many others. Despite these groundbreaking characteristics,
The company is a worldwide leader in the manufacurting and retailing of graphene and other advanced materials, with clients such as NASA, Ford motor, Apple, Samsung, Harvard and Stanford.
and a lack of either space or time to invest in it as a hobby.
and predicts that it could be used in paint applied to airplanes and satellites, however the idea to incorporate it into a wearable technology came from Pinar Guvenc, Inanc Eray and Gonzalo Carbajo, partners of Eray Carbajo,
Their distributed network of fabrication includes Fab Labs and Maker Space, equipping all participants with digital fabrication machines such as laser cutters, 3d printers,
CASCADIA AN and TL Interbody Systems spinal implants"With 3d printed Lamellar Titanium Technology, an innovative alternative to many traditionally manufactured PEEK and titanium designs now exists in the interbody space,
Their work is being sponsored by NASA Langley Research center In virginia, which has interests in the developing technology.
could be useful for constructing such things as aircraft or spaceship parts. Like the development of SAMS, Dr. Liou explains that for the FGMS it is also a matter of finding the correct cooling rate.
and Christopher Bader & Dominik Kolb from Deskriptiv) develop concepts of wearables capable of augmenting human capabilities and making life possible on inhospitable planets.
or biofuels when exposed to the sun. The underlying concept is that such functions will,
#3d printing in the Vacuum of Space Now Possible from Made In Space At the end of last year,
Made In Space made what was a huge achievement for 3d printing in space by sending their Zero G 3d printer, capable of 3d printing without gravity, to the International space station.
There, it has printed 3d numerous components, including a now famous wrench and twenty-three other prints that have returned
since to Earth for lab analysis. The ability to 3d print without gravity restraints will allow those aboard the ISS to 3d print tools
preventing the need for direct shipments of such objects from Earth. This ability is an exciting one,
but the true goal of NASA and Made In Space has been to 3d print in vacuum of space itself.
Today, Made In Space has announced that such a feat has now been proven possible through a series of tests performed here On earth.
Made In Space has been working on a commercial 3d printing lab that will be flown to the ISS later this year.
the space-focused startup has been performing a round of tests on this next generation 3d printing system to demonstrate the ability to 3d print in the vacuum of space an image
as Made In Space was able to 3d print a number of specimens from aerospace-grade plastics that will now be analyzed in terms of their mechanical properties,
which will be compared to the same parts made in the Earth atmosphere. Mike Snyder, Chief Engineer at Made In Space,
says of the astounding accomplishment, e believe we are as little as 18 months away from incorporating the current designs into on-orbit tests.
He continued, hese preliminary tests, combined with our experience with microgravity additive manufacturing, show that the direct manufacturing of structures in space is possible using Made In Space developed technologies.
Soon, structures will be produced in space that are much larger than what could currently fit into a launch fairing,
Complete structural optimization is now possible in space. ith the ability to 3d print in space,
NASA Spiderfab project intends to 3d print the underlying structures for such objects as antennas and solar panels.
and flown aboard rockets, but they can have optimized geometries to be more effective. While an antenna could improve communication, an optimally designed,
large-scale solar array could power spacecraft, robots, drones, and more. And, though such projects as mining asteroids with solar-powered drones might seem like science fiction,
the news that Made In Space plans to send their AMF to the ISS later this year implies that science fact could be realized in the very near future d
#3d Printed Micro-Fish to Explore the Oceans of Our Bodies In the exponentially vital industry of nanoengineering,
This is particularly evident in space-based projects, such as those carried out by Made in Space.
However, long before extra-planetary manufacturing, on-site manufacturing will prove useful to produce useful tools in remote areas of our own planet.
That is what Dr. Julielynn Wong, founder of 3d4md, set out to prove in her latest study, published in the Aerospace medicine and Human Performance journal
and participated in the Made in Space-NASA program for solar-powered 3d printing in space,
and customized medical resources at a Mars analogue research station. This study describes a 3d printer with a PV system improvised on-site by providing a detailed components summary.
and evaluating three case study prints appropriate for providing medical care on a Mars mission. The findings from this work were used to design an ultraportable, plug-and-play, solar-powered 3d printing system suitable for transport to,
while a specific inverter is included in the kit in case the standard Mars analogue mission battery pack cannot be transported on the plane due to varying airline regulations
And Dr Wong probably has quite a bit more time to optimise the technology before sending it with humans to Mars t
but, when the sun can provide electricity to the dwelling, the PUV, equipped with a natural gas-powered generator, generates that power.
hen the sun is out. Sun is available during the day, when wee at work. So, electricity storage is needed.
What wee doing is taking a different approach to battery storage where the batteries wee using for this project were once a part of a vehicle.
when it is extruded in space (under pressure), and then behaving as a solid when no pressure is applied to it.
#Save the Planet While You Swim in the 3d Printed Spongesuit Bikini As our oceans become more and more polluted by our habits of wasting
#Progress cargo spacecraft failure delays ISS crew's return to Earth An unmanned cargo spaceship that failed to complete its ISS resupply mission
and burnt up as it reentered the Earth's atmosphere last week, forcing the Russian space agency to postpone the return of three cosmonauts onboard the station.
Russia initially planned to bring back the crew home on 14 may; however, the agency has asked them to stay there until early June
and agreed to work an extra month or so in orbit.""In accordance with space and aviation regimen, we can't immediately make a manned launch."
"The agency is planning to launch the Progress spaceship to the ISS in early July,
prior to transporting replacement astronauts, in order to ensure crew safety. Launched aboard a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 28 april,
the Progress was intended to supply 3t of food, fuel and supplies to the station. The spacecraft lost contact with the flight controllers shortly after it reached orbit
and the capsule was found tumbling. Reuters quoted Roscosmos head Igor Komarov as saying that the Soyuz rocket's third stage separated from the cargo ship early,
leaving it 20km short of its intended altitude e
#AFRL providing cost-effective inspection solutions for turbine engine aircraft Aircraft engine inspections are an essential part of maintaining a healthy and reliable fleet.
However, the inspection process is often labor-intensive and challenging, and parts are replaced often before their serviceable life is over.
They are planned also for use in the next Mars rover vehicle. ut if they become easier and cheaper to make,
they could be used widely in many applications including as exceptionally strong components in personal electronic devices, in space exploration vehicles,
and setting of the sun, ensuring that we sleep at night. One of the reasons this is possible is
it may soon be feasible to harness the sun to split water. In the Labasianscientist (Oct 13, 2015)- Researchers at the University of Tokyo and Miyazaki University have produced hydrogen under natural sunlight at an energy conversion efficiency of 24.4 percent,
the highest ever achieved, using high efficiency solar cells to power water electrolysis. Their results, published in Applied Physics Express,
or greater thermal conductivity. iniaturization results in less space to dissipate heat generated from today high-performance processors,
in smaller spaces like the new Apple Watch. Angstron is able to tailor its thermal foil sheets in thicknesses ranging from 5 um to 40 um with thermal conductivity between 800 W/m-K and 1,
the molecules are guided into close enough range, like docking spacecraft, by their complementary shapes. The new technology from Dietz's lab imitates this approach.
has created a new chemical process that makes use of the widely available rare-earth metal cerium to improve the manufacture of nylon.
and demand of rare-earth metals. he research group focused on three or four different catalytic reactions used in high production volume chemicals,
While other scientists are trying to find ways to use less of the least abundant rare-earths,
which includes reducing reliance on rare-earth materials. But rare-earth metals like cerium, which is as abundant as copper,
are primary products of mining for other, more valuable rare-earth elements. With minimal demand for these abundant rare earths, they are stockpiled.
and reduce reliance on rare-earth metals and other materials critical to the success of clean energy technologies.
These have highly symmetric arrangements in space, which is why the molecule is particularly beautiful.
Made In Space made what was a huge achievement for 3d printing in space by sending their Zero G 3d printer, capable of 3d printing without gravity, to the International space station.
There, it has printed 3d numerous components, including a now famous wrench and twenty-three other prints that have returned
since to Earth for lab analysis. The ability to 3d print without gravity restraints will allow those aboard the ISS to 3d print tools
preventing the need for direct shipments of such objects from Earth. This ability is an exciting one,
but the true goal of NASA and Made In Space has been to 3d print in vacuum of space itself.
Today, Made In Space has announced that such a feat has now been proven possible through a series of tests performed here On earth.
Made In Space has been working on a commercial 3d printing lab that will be flown to the ISS later this year.
the space-focused startup has been performing a round of tests on this next generation 3d printing system to demonstrate the ability to 3d print in the vacuum of space an image
as Made In Space was able to 3d print a number of specimens from aerospace-grade plastics that will now be analyzed in terms of their mechanical properties,
which will be compared to the same parts made in the Earth atmosphere. Mike Snyder, Chief Engineer at Made In Space,
says of the astounding accomplishment, e believe we are as little as 18 months away from incorporating the current designs into on-orbit tests.
He continued, hese preliminary tests, combined with our experience with microgravity additive manufacturing, show that the direct manufacturing of structures in space is possible using Made In Space developed technologies.
Soon, structures will be produced in space that are much larger than what could currently fit into a launch fairing,
Complete structural optimization is now possible in space. With the ability to 3d print in space, humanity will be able to fabricate objects that are too large to launch due to size and weight restrictions.
For instance NASA Spiderfab project intends to 3d print the underlying structures for such objects as antennas and solar panels.
Not only can these objects be larger than those currently being folded up and flown aboard rockets,
but they can have optimized geometries to be more effective. While an antenna could improve communication, an optimally designed,
large-scale solar array could power spacecraft, robots, drones, and more. And, though such projects as mining asteroids with solar-powered drones might seem like science fiction,
the news that Made In Space plans to send their AMF to the ISS later this year implies that science fact could be realized in the very near future e
#ORNL Latest Hybrid Microscope Features Subsurface Spectroscopic Capabilities and High Resolution Scientists at the Department of energy Oak ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are developing a microscope
They used a robotic system developed at SSRL to study the crystals at SLAC's LCLS, an X-ray laser that is one of the brightest sources of X-rays on the planet.
what could become a very significant revenue space in the next several years; the'Augmented Reality'or'Bionic Vision'revolution is said beginning
"We believe that EPGL will be a major player in this space going forward. g
#Researchers Apply Nanopore Gene Sequencing to Proteins University of Pennsylvania researchers have made strides toward a new method of gene sequencing a strand of DNA bases are read as they are threaded through a nanoscopic hole.
The study was led by Marija Drndic, a professor in the School of arts & Sciencesdepartment of Physics & Astronomy;
Notable demonstrations aside, current X-ray, electron and optical microscopies are simply too cumbersome and slow to routinely image functioning systems in real space and time, severely limiting progress.
#Inner Space of Carbon nanotubes Could act as a Template for Synthesis of Linear-Chain Nanodiamonds The inner space of carbon nanotubes can act as a template for the synthesis of nanodiamond-like carbon chains.
#Nanoscientists Convert Sunlight into Liquid fuel Using Nature and Technology Imagine creating artificial plants that make gasoline
and natural gas using only sunlight. And imagine using those fuels to heat our homes or run our cars without adding any greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.
a type of solar power based on the ability of plants to transform sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into sugars.
In this technique, researchers align a large number of images along reference points in three-dimensional space and then average them into a single, characteristic image.
including"the structure and timing of half-bridge elongation, the composition of the satellite and the formation of the membrane pore."
Further field tests are necessary to see how the nano-dispensers perform in sunlight varying temperatures and humidity levels.
a University of Nebraska-Lincoln physics and astronomy professor who worked on the research. It also contradicts the expected behavior of ferroelectric materials,
a UCLA professor of physics and astronomy and a member of UCLA California Nanosystems Institute, is published Sept. 21 in the online edition of the journal Nature Materials.
For more than 100 years, researchers have inferred how atoms are arranged in three-dimensional space using a technique called X-ray crystallography,
Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) and the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTECH), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR),
After hearing about SUNY Poly CNSE Professor and Head of the Nanobioscience Constellation Dr. Jim Castracane research related to novel sensors, the Jamboxx creators connected with Dr. Castracane who found that a Self
which looks like a wagon wheel with open spaces between the pokes, allows the nerve to grow.
and unobtrusively, furthering efforts to create smart spaces in which people control their environment with simple gestures.
and Ubiquitous Systems) Lab. Envision a smart space such as the home office or gym that takes the advantage of the ubiquity of light as a medium that integrates data communication and human sensing.
A variant of the Tupolev was used in experiments by Nasa, and American and Russian aerospace industries, in a joint research program after the end of the Cold war.
The end of the Concorde and Tupolev airliners left the supersonic market empty. But now, 12 years after the Concorde fleet last flew,
At the AIAA Hypersonic Space Plane conference in Glasgow in Scotland in July, a paper submitted by Lapcat-II researchers said their early airliner tests suggested such a design would be greener than current aircraft,
Fuel factor Johan Steelant, a senior research engineer at the European space agency (Esa) and coordinator of Lapcat-II,
Nasa used the same stuff to power the Space shuttle. f there is leak, the hydrogen is
In Asia, Japan aerospace exploration agency (Jaxa) is also working on a hypersonic airliner called Hytex intended to cross the Pacific ocean in two hours at speeds of Mach 5. Both Lapcat-II
and Jaxa are part of a hypersonic knowledge-transfer project between Europe and Japan called Hikari.
The fuel consumption is one-fifth that of rocket engines, says Hideyuki Taguchi, leader of Jaxa hypersonic airplane research.
Hunger for hydrogen But, deriving hydrogen efficiently is one main factor for high operating costs. If the hydrogen can be sourced from natural gas, instead of from the electrolysis of water,
Spike Aerospace, another US company, plans to launch a similar supersonic business passenger plane with internal video screens linked to external cameras instead of windows.
however the boom as you break the sound barrier. European hypersonic jets would fly over the North pole
Nasa is working with Lockheed martin and Boeing to design airplanes that break the sound barrier more quietly.
From 2020 to 2025 it may be possible that airplanes could then exceed the sound barrier over populated land without causing a major disturbance.
In Europe, Steelant team tested their 300-seat design albeit a 1: 120 scale model, at speeds of Mach 8 within a wind tunnel.
The Jaxa project has studied the potential market for hypersonic airliners travelling at Mach 5 and found a 100-passenger aircraft flying two round trips per day is realistic based on market research.
Did feel the earth shake for quite a long time. Saw dust and stones flying off mountain near by
using probably the simplest nervous system on the planet"."He told the BBC:""I would urge extreme caution about extrapolating this work to other species-especially mice or humans."
a personal air pollution monitor called the Cleanspace tag. It has been created by Drayson Technologies as part of a drive to improve air quality in cities
Konstantin Likharev from the Department of physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook University also conducted research for this project.
which looks like a wagon wheel with open spaces between the pokes, allows the nerve to grow.
(i e. on the outside) of all vessels in the brain and connects to the space surrounding brain cells (referred to as the ISF space),
and ultimately enters the space around the brain cells; and sweeps through it and thereby mixes with the interstitial fluid of the brain which contains waste products.
Kamm said. hen you put liquid into a small space, surface tension drives where it goes,
"said Wujin Sun, lead author of the study and Ph d. student in Gu's lab. When the nanoclew comes into contact with a cell,
its protecting corona is removed and only the hydrophobic core remains. These akedhydrophobic plastic beads are stabilized not anymore
which protect the organisms from negative effects of sunlight, such as DNA damage. The research also shows that the exact manner in which the photoreceptors bind to the DNA is novel.
It tends to develop after years of sun exposure, and is most commonly found on areas such as the head, neck,
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