Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is regularly used on the ground to quickly produce a variety of devices.

Using readily available materials in the regolith, like silicon and aluminum, and advanced 3D printing techniques, an autonomous factory on the moon could, in theory, at least produce almost all ...

They will enable long-term human presence on the Moon and Mars. On Earth, 3D printing can fabricate, layer by layer, ...

Meanwhile, the lunar regolith — fine, abrasive dust that coats the ... technology for building on the Moon. Unlike ...