After running for about three months aboard the ISS, the first 3D printer in space has finally sent a bit of itself back to Earth for testing. At 7:44 pm EST yesterday, SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft landed in the Pacific Ocean, about 259 miles southwest of Long Beach, California. Among the 3,700 pounds of NASA cargo on board, the spacecraft carried 3D printed samples produced on the Made In Space Zero G Printer, currently installed on the International Space Station.
On Tuesday, flight controllers from the Mission Control Center at Johnson Space Center in Houston robtically positioned Dragon to release from its deorbit procedure and perform a parachute-assisted splashdown.…
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