Company - AI Spacefactory
Product/Service - ASTRA
- Classification
- Surface Habitats & Structures
- Category
- Surface Habitats
Space Construction Company
- Status
- Development
- First launch
- Not announced
Makers of smart buildings, 3D printed constructs, and off-world habitats.
LINA - BUILDING ON THE MOON
MARSHA - BUILDING A MARS HABITAT
2023 SPIN-OUT TECHNOLOGY FOR TERRESTRIAL MANUFACTURING
- In January 2023, SpaceFactory launched our pilot robotic arm 3D printer, ASTRA. Building on the prototype developed for the NASA Centennial Challenge, SpaceFactory engineered ASTRA for scale, simplicity, and sustainability. ASTRA’s mission is to enable the next generation of builders and creators through its use of recycled 3D print materials, automated tool-path algorithms, and user-friendly interface.
- Starting September 2023, SpaceFactory will launch a series of large format gantry-style 3D printers which leverage technology developed through our NASA partnership. Beginning with the T200 “Starforge”, these modular printers are designed to help a wide spectrum of industries in producing intricate parts, streamlining operations, and unlocking unparalleled efficiencies in their processes.
2024 NASA PHASE 1 STTR TO DEVELOP REGOLITH INFRASTRUCTURE
- In partnership with Michigan Technological University (MTU), SpaceFactory set out to explore not only methods of building with bulk regolith, but developing novel materials and robotic systems to perform construction activities.
- Unlike regolith-polymer composite 3D printing, these mass regolith infrastructures (MRIs) contain only 0.5-2.0% non-regolith mass yet can achieve over 150-times the strength of unstructured regolith. Through low-energy, low-mass applications, our research into MRIs is grounded in near-term, essential surface enhancements to support lunar launch-land, mobility, power, and communication systems.
- In a short span of nine months, SpaceFactory developed several patent-pending technologies around building MRIs including constructing the first-ever lunar “road” in vacuum.
ASTRA, STARFORGE
LUNAR ROAD
Status Comment
As of 2024, primary focus is advancing construction technologies and additive manufacturing on Earth.
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