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Made In Space 3D Printing PPE to Help in the Fight Against COVID-19

Made In Space (MIS) is helping in the fight against COVID-19 by providing frontline healthcare workers with much-needed supplies and equipment.  MIS facilities in Jacksonville, FL and Moffett Field, CA are using our additive manufacturing resources to provide hundreds of 3D printed face shields to local-area hospitals to augment the shortage of critical personal protective…

Space Industrialization Requires ‘A Giant Leap’

Last month, Bloomberg debuted a new digital series entitled A Giant Leap that profiles some of the movers and shakers within commercial space and spotlights markets that could unlock an industrial revolution on-orbit, including space manufacturing. In the series, Made In Space (MIS) President and CEO Andrew Rush and Chief Engineer Michael Snyder share their…

In Space Manufacturing Capabilities and Applications Discussed at 35th Space Symposium

Made In Space CEO Andrew Rush discusses on orbit manufacturing at the 35th Space Symposium Made In Space announced manufacturing system for smallsat interferometry during the 35th Space Symposium Space Generation Advisory Council’s Fusion Forum brought together industry thought leaders and rising stars to discuss challenges and opportunities Space Symposium featured panel highlights, current capabilities,…

Global Space Congress 2019 Sees Strong Support from Commercial Space Community

Global Space Congress 2019 drew strong participation from the commercial space community around the world Made In Space participated in an industry panel focused on space manufacturing First Pan-Arab agreement for space exploration announced at the Congress The 2019 Global Space Congress, hosted by the UAE Space Agency, convened this month, March 19-21, bringing together…

Additive Manufacturing Facility: 3D Printing The Future in Space

Additive Manufacturing Facility: 3D Printing The Future in Space In 2014, Made In Space (MIS), in partnership with NASA, made history by manufacturing the first object ever produced off the Earth. This defining moment symbolizes the vision of our company — to develop manufacturing capabilities in microgravity that would support the long-term industrialization of space. From that…

Forging a Collaborative Path to Commercialization in Space

by Andrew Rush, President and CEO Made In Space, Inc. We are in the midst of one of the most dynamic periods in the history of human civilization–the commercial space era. Through public-private partnerships, as seen on the International Space Station (ISS), a new field of commercial players and entrepreneurs have introduced new technologies, capabilities…

Made In Space Archinaut Program Reaches Major Milestone as Development Continues

The Made In Space Archinaut program has accomplished another exciting milestone. During recent testing at Northrop Grumman’s Space Park facilities in Redondo Beach, California, we successfully operated Archinaut’s core additive manufacturing and robotic assembly technology suite in a space-like environment. These operations took place in a thermal vacuum (TVAC) chamber, simulating the extreme temperature and…

UPWARD Magazine Spotlights Made In Space’s ZBLAN Fiber Program

The cover story of the December 2018 issue of UPWARD magazine, the official magazine of the ISS National Laboratory, details the Made In Space, Inc. (MIS) Fiber program that aims to manufacture ZBLAN optical fiber in space onboard the International Space Station as the first step toward introducing and scaling the first space-enabled product into…