the first 3d printer came out in 1990.
when did the first 3d printer come out?
1990
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the zero-g printer, the first 3d printer designed to operate in zero gravity, was built under a joint partnership between nasa marshall space flight center (msfc) and made in space, inc. in september 2014, spacex delivered the zero-gravity 3d printer to the international space station (iss). on december 19, 2014, nasa emailed cad drawings for a socket wrench to astronauts aboard the iss, who then printed the tool using its 3d printer. applications for space offer the ability to print parts or tools on-site, as opposed to using rockets to bring along pre-manufactured items for space missions to human colonies on the moon, mars, or elsewhere. the second 3d printer in space, the european space agency's portable on-board 3d printer (pop3d) was planned to be delivered to the international space station before june 2015. in 2016, digital trends reported that beehex was building a 3d food printer for manned missions to mars.
applications of 3d printing