First Metal Object 3D-Printed in Space Recovered on Earth

First Metal Object 3D-Printed in Space Recovered on Earth

The first metal thingamajig ever 3D printed in space has landed on Earth, where European Space Agency (ESA) scientists are now studying it. In a press release, the ESA announced that the object — a round metal demonstration part, produced on the International Space Station, that features a variety of stubby cylindrical objects — is now safely in the hands of agency scientists in the Netherlands. Space metal lands on Earth The first ever metal p…