Tag: Made in Space
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Made in Space wins NASA contract to 3D-print satellite structures in orbit
NASA awarded a $73.7 million contract Friday to the California-based startup Made in Space for a 3D-printing demonstration using a free-flying small satellite to additively manufacture solar array beams in space. Made in Space’s satellite mission, named Archinaut One, will have the ability to 3D-print its own structures in orbit. The small satellite is…
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Video: Dragon cargo craft released from International Space Station
Ground controllers sent commands Saturday for the International Space Station’s Canadian-built robotic arm to release a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule, ending the ship’s nearly four-week stay at the orbiting research complex. The unpiloted Dragon spacecraft was released from the robot arm at 4:58 a.m. EST (0958 GMT) Saturday, and it parachuted to a splashdown in…
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Commercial cargo craft splashes down in Pacific Ocean after station resupply run
The Dragon spacecraft is pictured soon after its release from the International Space Station on Saturday. Credit: Norishige Kanai/JAXA/NASA A commercial cargo capsule owned by SpaceX concluded a month-long resupply trip to the International Space Station on Saturday, wrapping up the 13th round-trip flight to the station by a Dragon spacecraft with an on-target splashdown…
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Video: Dragon capsule arrives at space station
Closing out a two-day pursuit following launch from Cape Canaveral, a reused SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule arrived at the International Space Station Sunday with more than 4,800 pounds of supplies and experiments. The free-floating supply ship was snared by the station’s robotic arm — under the control of astronaut Mark Vande Hei — at 5:57…
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Station astronauts begin unpacking refurbished SpaceX cargo craft
The Dragon spacecraft was berthed to the space station’s Harmony module Sunday, a few hours after its capture by the robotic arm. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A SpaceX-owned supply ship arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday with 2.4 tons of cargo, including space debris and solar energy monitors mounted in the Dragon spacecraft’s…
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Ratchet wrench ’emailed’ to space station
Astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore shows off the 3D printed ratchet wrench on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA A future where mission control can digitally dispatch tools, spare parts and other vital materials to far-flung space crews took one giant leap toward reality when a 3D printer aboard the International Space Station produced a ratchet…
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3D printer activated aboard the International Space Station
A 3D printer testbed was installed on the International Space Station this week. Credit: Made in Space The dream of a self-sufficient space-faring civilization moved a step closer to reality this week as a commercial 3D printer was installed aboard the International Space Station for a tryout in orbit. Astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore unpacked the…