The space agency is partnering with a construction technology company, which plans to build homes from the moon's materials using a 3D printer. Rather than searching for real estate listings in ...

Throughout history, when pioneers set out across uncharted territory to settle in distant lands, they carried with them only the essentials: tools, seeds and clothing. Anything else would have to come ...

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 ...

Humanity’s lunar life ambitions introduce a number of practical questions, many of them involving the structures we’ll live and work in once we establish a long-term presence on the Moon. Because ...

In June a four-person crew will enter a hangar at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, and spend one year inside a 3D printed building. Made of a slurry that—before it dried—looked like ...

Austin, Texas-based 3D printing construction company ICON has gotten some pretty significant projects off the ground in recent years, from a 50-home development in Mexico to a 100-home neighborhood in ...

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 ...

Metal 3D printing is coming to space thanks to a new custom metal 3D printer designed by Airbus for the European Space Agency (ESA) that is now aboard the International Space Station. Not to be ...