NASA tests 3D printed RAMFIRE rocket engine nozzle

NASA's Reactive Additive Manufacturing for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (RAMFIRE) project test-fired a 3D-printed engine ...
Space.com

Watch NASA test a 3D-printed rocket nozzle designed for deep space (video)

NASA's RAMFIRE project is investigating the use of additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, to design lightweight rocket hardware. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
Philippine Daily Inquirer

NASA 3D printed a deep space rocket nozzle

NASA used 3D printing to create a rocket nozzle for deep space missions. It is part of the space agency’s Reactive Additive Manufacturing for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (RAMFIRE). The RAMFIRE ...
American Machinist

NASA Adopts 3DP for Rocket Engine Nozzles

Collaborating with material and AM developers, the space agency applied a new aluminum alloy and laser powder directed-energy deposition to produce a large-scale rocket engine nozzle with integral ...
Phys.org

NASA's innovative rocket nozzle paves way for deep space missions

The RAMFIRE nozzle performs a hot fire test at Marshall's East test area stand 115. The nozzle, made of the novel aluminum alloy 6061-RAM2, experiences huge temperature gradients. As hot gasses ...