Astronauts build tool with 3D printer – Morning Post

Residents of the International Space Station create piece like a wrench.

The astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are building a tool using a printer 3D, with instructions that they were sent from Earth by email

This is the first time that the astronauts of the ISS are making a tool -. like a wrench – with a 3D printer, with instructions sent NASA – Space Agency American. Until now, astronauts ERA – which is in orbit about 300 kilometers from the Earth – had to wait a few months until they receive some equipment or requested object, a regular space travel

Barry Wilmore, head of the astronauts of the ISS, made the request to use the tool and the answer came from the company that created the 3D printers.

The ERA has a 3D printer and since November , according to NASA, the machine will help astronauts to have more autonomy in space long-term missions.