The first 3D-printed toy plane will soon jet off to the stratosphere. The rocket-powered airplane will reach an altitude of between 25 and 30 kilometers (15 to 18 miles) – three times higher ...

One has a small toy basketball hoop hanging on it—as if, so far, ... a small startup that claimed to have made the world’s largest 3D-printed rocket engine.

3D printing moves from a hobbyist’s table to big industry . Rocket Lab, headquartered in Long Beach, California, is an end-to-end space company that designs and builds not only rocket engines ...

And they also aren’t, in general, designing their space toys to take advantage of 3D printing’s special traits, ... Its Terran 1 rocket is the largest 3D printed object on Earth.

But Relativity is talking about 3D printing an entire rocket, not just an engine. You can’t buy a machine that will print something 100 feet long and seven feet in diameter; you’ve got to ...

The Rutherford engine is a key component of the Electron rocket and is the first 3D-printed engine to reach space. The printer that makes it, oftentimes as tall as an NBA center, works with ...

3D printing is used to create jewelry, furniture, tools, prosthetics, hearing aids, foods and even toys. Here’s how you can make your own 3D-printed toys.

It’s a relatively small rocket, just 110 feet, and won’t be carrying anything for this test flight except for a memento: the first metal 3D print from the company's printers. About 85% of the ...

Other companies have used 3D-printed parts before, but this is on another level: Relativity Space refers to Terran 1 as the world’s largest 3D-printed object. To create the rocket stages and ...

It’s a relatively small rocket, just 110 feet, and won’t be carrying anything for this test flight except for a memento: the first metal 3D print from the company's printers. About 85% of the ...