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fungus bricks
Mycotecture

NASA is prototyping fungal mycelium bricks to “grow homes” on the Moon and Mars

rendering of 3D printing on the surface of the Moon
Printers on the Moon

NASA awards ICON a $57.2 million contract to continue research on lunar habitation

building with curtain wall stripped off
Blast Off

NASA demolishes a 1960s-era office building at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama

Rendering of a cartoonish looking fox in the bed of the LA River
Art, Design, and Large Mammals

Daily digest: Ellen DeGeneres loves gorillas, Snapchat and LACMA unveil second collection of virtual monuments, and more

a stage in a nyc park
Making Space

Daily digest: The worker who left a noose at a Meta construction site came forward, major cuts planned for NYC’s culture budget, and more

a large glass and steel building
More Sad News

Daily digest: A monumental lab building is complete in Harlem, Airbnb will house Ukrainian refugees, and more

the Mars Dune Alpha being 3d printed in a hangar
Up And Comer

BIG and ICON’s latest collaboration is 3D printing NASA’s next long-term Mars habitat

Rendering of a lunar colony with circular buildings for project olympus
When The Moon Hits Your Eye

NASA, BIG, SEArch+, and ICON team up to develop a lunar city

Drones and flying car buzzing by downtown Atlanta, part of a speculative NASA project
Flights of Fancy

NASA partners with 17 companies to invest in the future of Urban Air Mobility

Interior rendering of a space station capsule designed for Axiom
Out of This World

NASA taps a Houston startup to design a hotel for the ISS

Rendering of space-like settlement in the Mojave Desert, with Mars conditions
Space Settlement

Interstellar Lab could bring a Mars-ready, closed-loop village to the Mojave Desert

A curving concrete facade with thin, tall windows that was 3D-printed by Apis Cor
Scaled Up

Apis Cor claims to have created the largest on-site 3D-printed building

Several hive-shaped structures on the Martian surface, an example of space design
Designing Space for Space in Space

Living in space is the answer, but what was the question?

A person on a space station manipulating material inside a plastic apparatus to make concrete.
Alien Brutalism

Scientists are studying concrete production in space

Interior painting of a toroidal space settlement with different buildings stacked on each other
Space is the Place

Space Settlements explores what happens when we run out of Earth

Painting of a torus-shaped space colony, part of the Far Out: Suits, Habs, and Labs for Outer Space show
Uncharted territory

SFMOMA celebrates moon landing with a Far Out space-inspired exhibit

Rendering of a colony of egg-shaped structures on the barren Martian surface
Spacepacking

New York–based startup wins NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge

Rendering of a hyperboloid tower on Mars with astronauts outside
To Infinity and Beyond

NASA’s habitats of the future will be 3D printed on Mars

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