Space and time: 3D printing in the new space age

As an astronaut collects his thoughts and transmits back to base, the defining engineering achievement of a lifetime is complete, and a team of engineers sit back in their goose bumps, a sensation felt by millions on a summer’s night 50 years earlier. Launcher Inc. celebrated its second anniversary in March by taking in Todd Douglas Miller’s Apollo 11 documentary, a 2019 feature film spotlighting the milestone that fuels the ambitions of Launcher, and just about every other business in its industry. Harnessing inspiration from the 1969 Moon Landings, Launcher is committed to jumpstarting the progression of rocket design. Operating out of New York, it is among the latest in its market to capitalise on the advancements in technology to do so. Launcher became the first customer of EOS’ Customised Machines business, and earlier this year announced it had successfully printed its E-2 engine combustion chamber in a single piece on a modified EOS M 400 – re-named EOS M 4K, because of its new ability to print at 1000mm in the Z axis.