On the international Space Station Barry holds a 3D printed container printed on the space station.

3D printers in Space!

It’s always fun to see what is happening on the International Space station, especially when they are using 3D printers. Here we have Barry “Butch” Wilmore on the space station with a 3D printed science sample container. It took two hours to make so here’s hoping they have a faster printer now! They were testing sending files from land to the space station directly to the 3D printer, then testing them on the return to earth.

For more information, take a look at the official NASA website: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/3Dratchet_wrench

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