Humans are going back to the moon. NASA has announced that a crewed mission will land on the moon by 2024, and that “sustained lunar exploration” will be possible by 2030. When these future moon ...

A spider-inspired robot named Charlotte could soon be printing buildings on the Moon using nothing but lunar dust. Built to ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The entire Apollo 11 mission to the moon took just ...

A 3D printer that can build a large house in one day already exists, and it may be headed to the moon. Discover how this is ...

A 3D printer that could re-create itself from lunar material is in development at a university in Canada. The technology could one day enable humans to 3D-print lunar bases, as well as conduct ...

The Space Station’s 3-D printer during flight certification and acceptance testing at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. For over two decades, astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) ...

When the people of Earth set up bases on the moon, you can imagine that 3D printing will be a key enabling technology. Of course, you could ship plastic or other filament at great cost. But what if ...

The same company that is 3D-printing Army barracks at Fort Bliss, Texas has now signed a $57.2 million contract with NASA to develop technologies for building landing pads, habitats, and roads on the ...

There are about three years left until humans will once again set foot on the Moon. The landing of Artemis III will mark the beginning of a new exploration program that will see a space station being ...

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 ...

For space scientists dreaming up a manned base on the moon, 3D printing with lunar dust looms as an attractive possibility. Such on-demand fabrication would allow astronauts to repair broken parts, ...

A 3D printer that could re-create itself from lunar material is in development at a university in Canada. The technology could one day enable humans to 3D-print lunar bases, as well as conduct ...