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The International Space Station requires spare parts from earth, so NASA has recently been using 3D printers to recreate the parts needed

3D printers provide NASA with a "machine shop" on board. The 3D Print hardware was launched in the fall of 2014.

NASA uses Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) plastic and other materials for the prints

• The prints are uploaded from earth to be printed in space.

Benefits: Printing in space reduces the time it takes to get parts to space. Because of this, it is cheaper to provide parts for the astronauts.

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3D printing in space started in 2014 with the ISM project

•  The ISM project tested the possibility of printing in space. The first printer was developed by Made in Space
• Made in Space developed the printer through a fused filament fabrication process, which feeds a thread of plastic through a heated extruder and onto a tray
• During these tests, it was demonstrated that 3D printing works normally in space.

Made in Space developed the Additive Manufacturing Facility (AMF) that prints using a variety of materials

• One of the first parts printed in space was a wrench
• The printer uses recycled material, which saves flights from carrying a large supply of 3D printing material
• Made in Space launched the Made in Space Recycler which investigated the materials that are suitable to be recycled into 3D printing filament.

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Printing in space allows astronauts to create parts in space without having to get the parts from the earth.

3D Printing increases the quantity and quality of these parts.

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The 3D Printer was developed in 2014. The printer works by extruding heated plastic, which builds up layer by layer.

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NASA plans to 3D print construction technologies that will be used on Mars and the Moon to continue further exploration

 They plan to put in place a lunar terrain vehicle, habitable mobility platform or lunar RV, and surface habitat on the moon in the future

•  In order to do this, NASA must increase the readiness of the technology and its ability to create large-scale 3D printed structures

NASA is currently working with ICON, a construction technologies company, on plans to 3D print large-scale structures beyond earth.

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https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/3D_Printing-v3.pdf

​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jwxn6EzW84

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/3d-printing-in-space-long-duration-spaceflight-applications

https://www.nasa.gov/content/international-space-station-s-3-d-

printer/https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/assets/static/HorowitzSchultz2014.pdf

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/releases/2020/nasa-looks-to-advance-3d-printing-construction-systems-for-the-moon.html

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