NASA's human-supporting rover for the Desert Research and Technology Studies program which roams the Arizona desert uses 3D printed FDM parts.
The German Aerospace Center designed a 3D printed device called the TransRoPorter to support space exploration and the study of Mars.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, so did an urgent need for large supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare providers and nasopharyngeal swabs for COVID-19 testing. Supply chain disruptions immediately followed, due to complicated supply chains with overwhelmed suppliers and difficult-to-source components. A reliance on a few vendors, instead of multiple supplier sources, and enormous product demand made it difficult for health care providers to secure inventory and layered on additional challenges.
Learn how a new 3D printing material in an ESD compliant polymer with higher thermal capability enabled Lockheed Martin Space 3D to print parts for the Orion.
