Metal Additive Manufacturing for Spaceflight

NASA has been involved in the development and maturation of metal additive manufacturing (AM) for space applications since the 2000’s. Several efforts have focused on the understanding of AM processes through material characterization and testing, standards development, component fabrication, hot-fire testing, and infusion into development and flight applications. This presentation will discuss some of the various AM processes, components, testing and development efforts for spaceflight applications at NASA used on launch vehicles and propulsion systems.
- AM process comparisons and selection for spaceflight applications.
- Novel alloy development, characterization, and maturation for extreme environments.
- Infusion and maturation of AM components into development and flight applications.