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Cancellation! First rocket from the 3D printer cannot take off
The US space industry wanted to make history on Wednesday: the first rocket from the 3D printer should have lifted off. However, the launch attempt was aborted for unknown reasons.
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Today the first rocket from the 3D printer should have started from the Cape Canaveral spaceport in the US state of Florida.
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But nothing came of it. After initial delays, the countdown was interrupted 1 minute and 10 seconds before the scheduled start.
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The reason for the interruption has not yet been announced.
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The Terrain 1 was built, or rather printed, by the company Relativity Space. The company has set ambitious goals to reduce costs and emissions in space travel.
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Terrain 1 is a payload rocket designed to carry supplies into space in the future. The fully reusable rocket consists of 85 percent materials that were produced in a 3D printer.
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The Terrain 1 is powered by liquid oxygen and liquid natural gas. According to the manufacturer, these are not only particularly well suited for rocket propulsion, but can also be reused.
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The space company Relativity Space wants to make history.
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The first rocket from the 3D printer is scheduled to start its journey into space tonight.
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The spacecraft is powered by liquid oxygen fuel.
Revolution in space travel: Around 8.30 p.m. Swiss time, the first rocket from the 3D printer would have Weltraumbahnhof Cape Canaveral to start in the US state of Florida. But 1 minute and 10 seconds before the scheduled start, the countdown was interrupted. Now it has been announced that the rocket will no longer be launched today. A new start date has not yet been announced.
The Terrain 1 was built, or rather printed, by the company Relativity Space. The company has set ambitious goals to reduce costs and emissions in space travel.
Terrain 1 is a payload rocket designed to carry supplies into space in the future. The complete reusable rocket consists of 85 percent materials that were produced in a 3D printer. This makes the rocket, which is around 34 meters tall, the largest 3D printed object in history.
Powered by liquid oxygen
The Terrain 1 is powered by liquid oxygen and liquid natural gas. According to the manufacturer, these are not only particularly well suited for rocket propulsion, but can also be reused.
The company, which was founded by former SpaceX and blue Origin employees, has big plans for the future: 95 percent of its rockets are to be built from materials that come from 3D printers. In addition, in the future they should be even larger than the prototype Terrain 1. One of their ultimate goals is probably the journey to Mars.