NASA, ASME Announce Winners of 3-D Printing Challenge
Example of parts Made In Space has printed at its Additive Manufacturing Facility aboard the International Space Station.
Media Credit: Made In Space
NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Foundation recently announced three winners of the Future Engineers “Two for the Crew” Challenge. The challenge tasked K-12 students to develop items for astronauts to use while living and working in space by inventing a multifunctional object that combined two items into one. The winning designs will be 3D printed onboard the International Space Station using the the ISSInternational Space Station National Lab-sponsored Additive Manufacturing Facility.