Posted on July 8th, 2016 by Mary Lord
To celebrate the launch of BEAM, the first expandable habitat to the International Space Station, as well as the first commercial 3-D printer in space, NASA and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers are challenging K-12 students to think outside the box with 3-D printing – literally!
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Posted on March 9th, 2016 by Mary Lord
Calling all Starfleet cadets! Star Trek and NASA want you to “boldly go where no one has gone before” and engineer the future of food in space by creating a digital 3-D model of a non-edible, food-related item for future astronauts living aboard the International Space Station.
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Tags: 3-D printing, ASME, Competitions for Students, Contest, food, Future Engineers, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-5, NASA, Resources for Teachers, Space, STEM education