$73-million NASA contract to 3D print spacecraft parts in orbit

NASA has awarded an over $73-million contract to Silicon Valley-based startup Made In Space to demonstrate the ability of a small spacecraft, Archinaut One, to 3D print spacecraft components in low-Earth orbit. The spacecraft will print two beams extending 32 feet out from each side of the spacecraft, NASA said. It could launch as early as 2022, it added.