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Friday, October 3, 2014

NASA Launches Student Contest for 3D-Printed Astronaut Tools

NASA Launches Student Contest for 3D-Printed Astronaut Tools You don't have to become an astronaut to use the International Space Station's new 3D printer. NASA has challenged students, ages 5 to 19, to design 3D-printed tools that could be made in microgravity. The first 3D printer to fly in space arrived at the astronaut outpost last month aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule. SpaceX delivered the machine along with more than 5,000 lbs. (2,268 kilograms) of cargo on its fourth resupply mission to the space station for NASA.




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