国际空间站上的一台3D打印机2014年11月24日打印出了首个部件。支持者称,这为未来宇航员在飞船和其它星球上打印所需备件迈出了关键一步,有望让人类迎来地外制造的新时代。站上这台打印机由加州太空制造公司设计建造,是NASA和太空制造公司“3D打印”合作项目的一部分,9月份由太空探索公司的“龙”货运飞船送到站上,11月17日由站上宇航员安装到“微重力科学手套箱”内。它打印出的首个部件是一 A 3D printer on the ISS printed the first part on November 24, 2014. Proponents say this represents a key step for future astronauts in printing spare parts needed for spacecraft and other planets and is expected to make a new era for extra-territorial manufacturing. The station was designed and built by California Space Manufacturing Company and is part of a NASA and space manufacturing company’s 3D Printing cooperation project, which was delivered to Space Station’s “Dragon” cargo spacecraft in September. 11 On the 17th, the astronauts on the station are installed into the “Microgravity Science Glove Box ”. The first part it prints is one