2024年10月22日，南极熊获悉，加州航天发射公司Rocket Lab正在使用一台 90 吨重的 3D 打印机建造据称“历史上最大的碳复合材料火箭结构”。 据报道 ...

This arrangement leads to a few complicated welding and machining processes, but surprisingly these obstacles can be overcome by simply printing a rocket engine on a 3D printer. The current engine ...

Now, with Rocket Lab's new Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) machine, it can be done in a single day. You can think of it as being similar to a 39 ft tall (12 m), 75-ton, autonomous 3D printer that ...

Hybrid rocket engines offer perks from both worlds, with simple solid fuel and the ability to throttle down by regulating oxidizer flow. Naturally, [Integza] decided he should try and 3D print one.

Rocket company Skyrora has started testing a new 3D-printed engine as it works towards its first commercial orbital launch. The firm said it was carrying out "full duration" tests on an updated ...

CEO Elon Musk even posted on X that his rocket company has the “most advanced 3D metal printing technology ... do its stuff—building a 3-D metal object layer by layer, melting metal particles ...

Rocket engines are tough to build, and they’re even tougher to 3D print because all the details have to be ‘just right’ for the rocket to work successfully. But, an Indian space startup ...