Debuting in 2017, Rutherford is the world’s first 3D-printed rocket engine. Nine of these kerosene-fueled engines power Electron’s first stage, each of them exerting 5,500 pounds (2,495 ...

New Frontier Aerospace says it has put its 3D-printed Mjölnir rocket engine through a series of successful hot-fire tests.

Rocket engines are extremely hard to manufacture with traditional methods, making 3D printing the perfect process for building a rocket engine. So far, [Graham] has printed the engine, injector ...

Startup Relativity Space sent what it’s calling the “world’s first 3D-printed rocket” toward space on Wednesday, vaulting it into the upper reaches of the atmosphere. Though, it suffered ...

The Rutherford engine is a key component of the Electron rocket and is the first 3D-printed engine to reach space. The printer that makes it, oftentimes as tall as an NBA center, works with ...

So you probably shouldn’t be surprised to learn that 3D printing is also making waves in rocket science. NASA has developed a revolutionary new rocket engine that’s 20-30% more efficient than ...

Relativity. Space is three D printing rockets. So this is the world's first, nearly entirely three D printed rocket. It's 85% 3 D printed out of metal. So we invented the world's largest metal ...

About 85% of the rocket, named Terran, is made of 3D parts printed at the company’s factory in Long Beach, California, including its engines. Relativity Space aims to increase that percentage on ...

That kind of mindset is also important at another company, Relativity Space, which has 3D printed basically an entire rocket—including the engines. Its Terran 1 rocket is the largest 3D printed ...

Relativity Space celebrates launch of 3D-printed rocket despite engine failure TIP OFF IS AT 7:15 P.M. NANCY: A BIT OF SPACE HISTORY OUT AT THE CAPE LATE LAST NIGHT.