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 ...

Scientists are creating eye-popping new views of the moon in 3D with the help of a prolific NASA lunar probe currently orbiting Earth's nearest neighbor. The new 3D moon pictures were assembled from ...

The original rock was given to the Naranjo Museum in Lufkin about 15 years ago. NASA later asked the museum to return it for ...

We’re getting to the point where we can make just about anything with 3D printers – weapons, food, art, pieces of humans, even cells in seconds. But the European Space Agency is thinking bigger and ...

See what happens when the Moon is recreated with a 3D printer. From the printing process to the final details, the finished ...

The Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has conceived some of the most interesting architecture projects we've seen on land, and even water, but its latest design is out of this world – literally. It involves ...

To support a potential future lunar base, researchers at the European Space Agency (ESA) have 3D printed and baked fake Moon dust into screws, gears, and even a coin. Both private and government space ...

As we hit the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 13 almost-Moon-mission, it might seem odd we’re just now planning to get back to the Moon. Yet the planning is now developing in earnest. Not only are we ...

NASA has created a 3D map of the moon, using CGI and data and imagery from its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The CGI Moon kit allows 3D artists to have accessible data to the moon, which they might ...

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After years of being a software developer, [Chris] was excited to get back into embedded development and we’re glad he did. His 3D printed lithographic moon lamp combines a number of hacker and maker ...

The entire Apollo 11 mission to the moon took just eight days. If we ever want to build permanent bases on the moon, or perhaps even Mars or beyond, then future astronauts will have to spend many more ...