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 ...

NASA has been working on several different ongoing projects for 3D-printed rocket engine components in metals, as we've told you. Now it's reached another first in aerospace 3D printing: a full-scale, ...

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 ...

NASA successfully tested its 3D-printed Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE), advancing deep space exploration. At NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, the RDRE demonstrated ...

Indian space firm Agnikul launched its first sub-orbital test spacecraft powered by its unique 3D-printed rocket engines on Thursday. The event comes after two years of preparation and multiple ...

Last we checked on NASA’s 3D-printing front, astronauts could soon be eating 3D-printed pizza. Now, 3D printing is bringing NASA one step closer to a 3D-printed spacecraft. Last week, NASA tested the ...

While 3D printing is still very much a niche market and hobby, the industry has slowly been making strides toward printing practical items. NASA recently test-fired 3D printed rocket parts, which not ...

After two years of preparation and four delays over the past several months due to technical glitches, Indian space startup Agnikul has successfully launched its first suborbital test vehicle, powered ...

The new manufacturing approach saves materials and time. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. India has announced a breakthrough that ...

"It signals the ability to rapidly assemble rockets that is unparalleled." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Indian space startup ...

Many firsts: The Agnikul mission was packed with multiple firsts that have significant implications both for India and the world. It marked the country's inaugural rocket launch from a privately owned ...