NASA took delivery of a Made In Space 3D printer on the International Space Station in November and successfully output multiple replacement parts. This latest endeavor takes things a step further as the ratchet wrench was the first "uplink tool," meaning the design file was emailed to the space station and printed on demand during the actual space mission. The wrench, measuring 4.48 × 1.29 in., was designed by Made In Space and output on its zero-gravity printer in four hours. Made In Space engineers created a 3D model of the wrench in Autodesk Inventor, converted it to G-code, and later emailed it through NASA's Huntsville Operations Center to the ISS team for output - a first in a design workflow that NASA hopes will become routine, especially for longer journeys like those to Mars.
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机译：美国国家航空航天局（NASA）于11月在国际空间站交付了一台Made In Space 3D打印机，并成功输出了多个替换零件。棘轮扳手是第一个“上行工具”，这是最新的举措，这意味着设计文件已通过电子邮件发送到空间站，并在实际太空任务期间按需打印。这款尺寸为4.48×1.29英寸的扳手是由Made In Space设计的，可在四个小时内输出到其零重力打印机上。太空制造工程师在Autodesk Inventor中创建了扳手的3D模型，将其转换为G代码，然后通过NASA的Huntsville Operations Center通过电子邮件发送给ISS团队以进行输出-这是设计工作流程中的第一个，NASA希望这将成为常规工作，尤其是对于像前往火星的长途旅行。
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