3D Printed Drone To Take Images on the ISS

There are drones that can fly up into the air from underwater, heat-resistant drones that could potentially withstand the punishing conditions inside a volcano, and NASA has even worked on 3D printing parts for future space drones. But today, everyone's talking about a new Japanese space drone that has 3D printed components and is cute as a button - the round, floating JEM Internal Ball Camera, or the Int-Ball. Recently, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) published the first videos and images taken in space by the camera-equipped Int-Ball, which was delivered to the Japanese Kibo module on the International Space Station last month by a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. The int-Ball has 3D printed inner and outer structures, and uses a high-resolution camera, located between its two blue "eyes," to take still and moving images of life on board the ISS, which is its main purpose. Read more at 3DPrint.com: http://3dprint.com/181354/3d-printed-camera-drone-iss/

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