3D printing brings more efficient ways to make rocket propellants Every day, scientists are finding new ways to use 3D-printed energetics to serve crucial, and sometimes lifesaving, purposes.

An almost entirely 3D-printed rocket named the Terran 1 was launched into space earlier this year, made by the world's largest metal 3D printers. It belongs to a company called Relativity Space ...

It’s a relatively small rocket, just 110 feet (33 meters), and won’t be carrying anything for this test flight except for a memento: the first successful metal 3D print from the company's ...

Relativity Space’s Terran 1 rocket, the first test rocket made entirely of 3D-printed parts, launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on March 22. John Kraus/Relativity Space ...

The previously used Rutherford engine passed qualification tests and is set to make history as the first 3D-printed engine to reach space for a second time.

The world’s first 3D-printed rocket made it off the launch pad but failed to reach orbit in a key test flight by aerospace startup Relativity Space.

NordSpace's Candian-made 3D-printed Tiaga rocket is about to make its first test launch, opening up a new realm of possibilities for Canada's role in space exploration.

A rocket made almost entirely of 3D-printed parts made its launch debut Wednesday night, lifting off amid fanfare but failing three minutes into flight — far short of orbit.

It did not, but Terran-1 did become the first 3D-printed rocket to reach space. That was deemed good enough for Relativity Space, as the company is now focused on launching Terran-1’s successor.

Though the rocket — built by Relativity Space in Long Beach — didn’t make it to orbit, the test run marked an important technological milestone, the company said.