The valve flew inside one of the rocket's Merlin 1D engines. [3D Printing In Space: A New Dimension (Photos)] "The mission marked the first time SpaceX had ever flown a 3D-printed part ...

SpaceX SuperDraco rocket engines. In 2014, SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket with a 3D-printed Main Oxidizer Valve (MOV) body in one of the nine Merlin 1D engines (the print took less than two days ...

and is also used in the Falcon 9’s Merlin engine. “Through 3D printing, robust and high-performing engine parts can be created at a fraction of the cost and time of traditional manufacturing ...

The design team is looking at other places where advances in materials science and 3D-printed alloys can shave ... SpaceX’s Merlin engines each produce roughly 150,000 pounds at sea level ...

the highest-performing liquid oxygen–kerosene engine in America, with slightly hotter performance than the [SpaceX] Merlin 1D. And that is in part due to 3D printing. We 3D-print all of our ...

Los Angeles-based Freeform was co-founded by Erik Palitsch, the principal architect of the SpaceX Merlin engine and other ... has the “most advanced 3D metal printing technology” in the ...

where they were principal architect and lead analyst of the Merlin engines and other programs. While there, they saw the potential of 3D printing parts using metal, but also experienced the method ...

of the Merlin engines and other programs. While there, they saw the potential of 3D printing parts using metal, but also experienced the method’s shortcomings firsthand. “We saw the potential ...