SpaceX prints parts for rockets, spacecraft

摘要

High-performance rocket parts can be created via 3D printing, a process that offers improvements over traditional manufacturing methods. Space transport services provider SpaceX, Hawthorne, Calif., reports it has leveraged this technology to make its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft more reliable and efficient. On Jan. 6, SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket with a 3D-printed main oxidizer valve (MOV) body in one of the nine Merlin ID engines.