August 18, 2017

SO EASY THE RUSSIANS CAN DO IT:

Russian Cosmonauts Release First Satellite Made Mostly By 3-D Printer (Radio Liberty, August 18, 2017)

Russian cosmonauts released a satellite made almost entirely with a 3-D printer on August 17 in a first for the space program.

Fyodor Yurchikhin and Sergei Ryazansky sent into orbit five small satellites on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station, one of which had an exterior casing and battery packs made with a 3-D printer.

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