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Artist’s rendering of the NASA Aspera astrophysics mission. Credit: University of Arizona.

Space Flight Laboratory wins contract for two small spacecraft

by Marc BoucherJanuary 25, 2022January 26, 2022

Toronto based Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has won contracts for two NASA Astrophysics Pioneers Program spacecraft, the StarBurst and Aspera missions.

A sustainable human presence on the Moon will require manufacturing materials and structures on the surface. Space-based 3D printing capabilities will be key to this endeavor. On the next Blue Origin launch, researchers from the University of Kentucky will test 3D printing techniques that could be the first to produce metal components in space.

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The status and future of NASA’s in-space and lunar manufacturing

by Marc BoucherSeptember 10, 2020September 12, 2020