NASA believes 3D printing is the most practical way to build long-term habitats on Mars without shipping massive structures ...

NASA's ambitious project to simulate a year-long Mars mission has taken a significant step forward as four volunteers have entered the 3D-printed virtual Mars habitat at NASA's Johnson Space Center in ...

Throughout history, when pioneers set out across uncharted territory to settle in distant lands, they carried with them only ...

Throughout history, when pioneers set out across uncharted territory to settle in distant lands, they carried with them only the essentials: tools, seeds and clothing. Anything else would have to come ...

For those of us who still equate the word “printer” with a dusty inkjet contraption used to print your homework, the concept of printing a 4,000-square-foot house may be out of this universe. And soon ...

NASA invited the media to take a gander at its Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) facility on Tuesday, which will house four volunteers for a year beginning this summer. The ...

A mission to Mars seems more a case of when, not if, but where will astronauts actually live once they arrive on the Red Planet? To try and figure this out, NASA has commissioned high-profile ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on Oct. 8, 2023. The original video can be viewed here. There was a time when futurists were predicting that the advent of 3D printing was going ...

ICON, the company that has been given nearly $60 million and tasked by NASA to create homes and habitats on the Moon and Mars, is using the same 3D technology to build one-story residences in a master ...

Sven Bilén is a co-owner of X-Hab 3D, Inc. which received NASA STTR funding to develop lunar construction technologies and develops 3D concrete printing systems. He receives funding from NASA, DARPA, ...