Could astronauts one day be printing rather than building a base on the Moon? In 2013 ESA, working with industrial partners, proved that 3D printing using lunar material was feasible in principle.

In this artist's rendering, a 3D printing robot pours layer after layer of hardened lunar dirt and dust onto an inflatable dome shell, 3D printing a lunar base. The possible lunar base designed by ...

What if you could use 3D-printing technology to build a fully habitable base on the moon? The European Space Agency is trying to make that a reality. CNET freelancer Anthony Domanico is passionate ...

Future astronauts might end up living in a moon base createdlargely from lunar dust and regolith, if a giant 3-D printing device can workon the lunar surface. The print-on-demand technology, known as ...

It costs about a thousand dollars to loft a pound of anything into space. Scientists, astronauts, and project managers are therefore understandably careful about what they choose to send to the ...