Astronauts to 3D Print Medical Supplies on the ISS

Dr. Julielynn Wong, founder of 3D4MD, says Made In Space invited her to conduct some research on board the NASA aircraft known as the "vomit comet," which is used to introduce aspiring astronauts to zero-gravity spaceflight. During her testing, she met several NASA doctors and told them that it could eventually be possible to 3D print medical tools in space, and was soon after asked to test her theory at a Mars simulation habitat called the Mars Desert Research Station, where she was the first to 3D print medical supplies at the facility. The rest, as they say, is history: Dr. Wong has been hard at work making her theory a reality, and later this month, NASA astronauts will use a 3D printer on the ISS to create medical tools in space. Read more at 3DPrint.com: https://3dprint.com/161112/3d-print-...ools-in-space/

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