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Astronauts getting 3-D printer at space station

NASA is sending a 3-D printer to the International Space Station in hopes that astronauts will be able to one day fix their spacecraft by cranking out spare parts on the spot. Rainy weather forced SpaceX to delay the launch until Sunday. Besides real-time replacement parts at the station, NASA envisions astronauts, in the decades ahead, making entire habitats at faraway destinations like Mars. SpaceX is making the supply run for NASA, the same California company that just won a huge contract to deliver U.S.

 

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