A new technique could allow the first humans on Mars to 3D print everything from tools to temporary housing out of a tough rubber-like material — using only Martian dust. The method could enable the ...

A new technique could allow the first humans on Mars to 3D print everything from tools to temporary housing out of a tough rubber-like material — using only Martian dust. The method could enable the ...

If humankind is to one day colonise Mars, we will need to learn how to produce most of the food and equipment we need to survive on the Red Planet itself. This is because taking materials into space ...

Would you like to create a perfect replica of the Cassini spacecraft? The Itokawa asteroid? The Gale Crater on Mars? The near and far sides of the lunar surface? If you are among the growing number of ...

Human travelers to Mars will require shelter from the harsh environment. To help generate ideas for how to build those Martian habitats, NASA recently awarded over $200,000 to citizen inventors ...

NASA has released 21 files that can be used by 3D printers to create models of satellites, probes, planetary formations — even asteroids. The files, which come in the STL (stereolithography) format, ...

Even if 2013 has sounded the death knell for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (Nasa’s) intrepid spacecraft Kepler, this has been the year for planet-hunting. Twenty years ago, we ...

A futuristic 3D-printed house that lets guests 'experience Mars on Earth' will soon offer you the chance to experience what an interplanetary vacation of the future may be like, its creators say.

Winter is hanging on like clinical depression, which means it’s that time again for the greatest 3D-printing festival on the planet Earth. It’s time for the Midwest RepRap Festival, next weekend, ...

In conjunction with the Boston Marathon and Patriot’s Day, Massachusetts-based New Balance released 44 pairs of the world’s first running shoes with 3D printed mid-soles for sale. For Owner and ...