Debuting in 2017, Rutherford is the world’s first 3D-printed rocket engine. Nine of these kerosene-fueled engines power Electron’s first stage, each of them exerting 5,500 pounds (2,495 ...

You could call it one giant leap for 3D printing. California’s Rocket Lab just completed its 100th additive-printed Rutherford Engine as it targets cheaper rocket launches and space missions.

But 3D printing allows Rocket Lab to produce an engine roughly every 24 hours in a scalable process. In the future, Rocket Lab has an even more ambitious timeline for production: ...

Rocket Lab is a Lockheed Martin-funded startup that dreams of taking small satellites to space for an affordable price -- but it wants to do so using technology quite different than usual. See ...

Interesting Engineering. 90-ton 3D printer to build world's biggest rocket. Posted: October 22, 2024 | Last updated: December 21, 2024. Using the giant, groundbreaking Automated Fiber Placement ...

Relativity isn’t the only space company using 3D printers. Rocket Labs, one of our Most Innovative Companies in the space industry, 3D prints its engines.But Relativity wants to print whole rockets.

Startup Relativity Space sent what it’s calling the “world’s first 3D-printed rocket” toward space on Wednesday, vaulting it into the upper reaches of the atmosphere. Though, it suffered ...

A liquid-fuel rocket engine is just about the hardest thing anyone could ever build. There are considerations for thermodynamics, machining, electronics, material science, and software just to have… ...

Relativity Space is coming to the 3D-printed rocket party with its freshly unveiled Terran R. Intended for satellite launches and multi-planetary travel, the rocket is fully reusable and can be ...