{"id":196190,"date":"2024-09-14T15:23:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T20:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/astronauts-3d-print-first-metal-part-while-on-iss"},"modified":"2024-09-14T15:23:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T20:23:28","slug":"astronauts-3d-print-first-metal-part-while-on-iss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/astronauts-3d-print-first-metal-part-while-on-iss","title":{"rendered":"Astronauts 3D-print first metal part while on ISS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/astronauts-3d-print-first-metal-part-while-on-iss3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/titanium-3d-printing-astronaut-shelter-uv-radiation\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/titanium-3d-printing-astronaut-shelter-uv-radiation\"><strong>Future moon astronauts may 3D-print their supplies using lunar minerals<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the printing of the first metal 3D shape in space, ESA Exploration teams have achieved a significant milestone in establishing in-orbit manufacturing capabilities. This accomplishment, made possible by an international and multidisciplinary team, paves the way for long-distance and long-duration missions where creating spare parts, construction components, and tools on demand will be essential,\u201d said Daniel Neuenschwander, director of Human and Robotic Exploration at ESA, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Newsroom\/Press_Releases\/ESA_3D_prints_first_metal_part_on_the_International_Space_Station\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Newsroom\/Press_Releases\/ESA_3D_prints_first_metal_part_on_the_International_Space_Station\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This groundbreaking technology continues to expand its applications on Earth, revolutionizing fields such as medicine, fashion, art, construction, food production and manufacturing. In space, as long-duration missions to the moon and potentially Mars take shape, astronauts will need a means of independently repairing or creating tools or parts for machinery or structures that would be difficult to carry onboard a spacecraft, which have limited capacity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Related: Future moon astronauts may 3D-print their supplies using lunar minerals \u201cWith the printing of the first metal 3D shape in space, ESA Exploration teams have achieved a significant milestone in establishing in-orbit manufacturing capabilities. This accomplishment, made possible by an international and multidisciplinary team, paves the way for long-distance and long-duration missions where creating [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,11,6,1514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-biotech-medical","category-robotics-ai","category-space-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}