In the world of Lost in Space, 3D printing is simply a part of life ... somebody goes down below, queues up the file from the ship’s library of 3D models, and goes on about their business.

Of the more than 350 models, 123 are 3D printing files. 3D printable models include the Moon and Mars landing sites, asteroids (such as Bennu and Vesta), craters, space probes like Cassini and Chandra ...

Dr. Gilles Bailet and his team at James Watt School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow received a patent for a prototype 3D printer that has been tested to work in zero gravity.

Ghent University researchers 3D print hydrogels - superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) - for radiation protection in space.