An Austin company will play a key role as NASA aims to return to the moon and establish a base camp on the lunar surface. Icon, the Austin-based construction company that uses giant 3D printers to ...

NASA’s latest generation of 3D printed rocket engines is not just a materials experiment, it is a direct assault on the cost structure that has defined spaceflight for decades. By combining advanced ...

ICON’s latest contract will help fund further development of a 3D printer to build lunar structures. Credit: NASA NASA has awarded ICON of Austin, Texas, a $57.2 million contract to develop a 3D ...

NASA gave a new contract to ICON, an Austin, Texas-based company that is famous for using 3D printing for its structures, now centering on the company's tech for its application on the Moon. The new ...

A Texas company is creating a 3D printer that could build roadways, landing pads and habitats on the moon. Austin-based ICON is developing a laser system that would melt the moon’s soil to build ...

Nov. 29 (UPI) --A Texas-based company has landed a five-year contract from NASA to build landing pads, roads and shelter on the moon and on Mars. ICON, which is known for its 3D-printed homes and ...

A $50,000 grant from the Maine Space Grant Consortium will help Brunswick rocket-maker bluShift find out if the process is better when compared with standard industry processes. The funds are part of ...

Continuous Composites, a pioneer of advanced® composite 3D printing technology, has been chosen by NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program to additively manufacture low Coefficient of ...

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