![]() ![]() An almost 90% 3d-printed rocket was launched to space on 23 March 2023 but failed to achieve orbit.ģD printing began to be used in production versions of spaceflight hardware in early 2014. ![]() Ī 3D printed rocket engine successfully launched a rocket to space in 2017, and to orbit in 2018. 3D printing began to be used in production versions of spaceflight hardware in early 2014, when SpaceX first flew a flight-critical propulsion system assembly on an operational Falcon 9 flight.Ī number of other 3D-printed spacecraft assemblies have been ground-tested, including high-temperature, high-pressure rocket engine combustion chambers and the entire mechanical spaceframe and integral propellant tanks for a small satellite.
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