Rocket engineering is shifting from painstaking machining and welding to a world where engines and tanks emerge from printers as single, sculpted pieces of metal. Instead of treating 3D printing as a ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A rocket made almost entirely of 3D-printed parts remained on the pad Wednesday after its debut launch attempt was aborted at the last minute. California-based Relativity Space ...

The Estes line of flying model rockets have inspired an untold number of children and adults alike, thanks in part to their simplicity. From the design and construction of the rockets themselves to ...

NASA’s latest generation of 3D printed rocket engines is not just a materials experiment, it is a direct assault on the cost structure that has defined spaceflight for decades. By combining advanced ...

In 2015, Tim Ellis and Jordan Noone founded Relativity Space around an ambitious goal: to be the first company to put a 3D printed rocket into orbit. While additive manufacturing was already becoming ...

Relativity Space, the 3D-printing rocket builder, is making another big bet: Developing a fully reusable rocket, designed to match the power and capability of SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rockets.

Agnikul Cosmos has developed a first-of-its-kind rocket engine that is 3D printed in a single structure, combining ...

Concrete 3D printer building an apartment complex in France. - Jose HERNANDEZ Camera 51/Shutterstock Industrial additive manufacturing was the birthplace of desktop 3D printing, but industrial ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has funded the “Rubble to Rockets” project for Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and its partners to develop a system that could ensure ...

Students from the San Diego chapter of the University of California test-fire a new 3D-printed engine, making UC San Diego the very first university to “additively manufacture” a rocket engine. The ...