Startup Claims It Can Turn Water Into Rocket Fuel

Startup Claims It Can Convert Water into Rocket Fuel and Plans Orbital Test in 2026 Aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9.

Omni Letters
Space Forge generates plasma for LEO semiconductor material production

Space Forge said Dec. 31 it generated plasma aboard its first satellite, a milestone the British startup says shows it can create and maintain conditions needed to produce valuable semiconductor materials in LEO.

SpaceNews

NASA is leaning into hosted-orbital testing: $5.1m for microgravity crystal growth (semiconductor R&D) and $2.5m for an in-orbit RDRE demo (target ~2026). One small platform, two frontiers—manufacturing + propulsion. Full analysis:
https://spacetech.industryexaminer.com/nasa-momentus-hosted-orbital-factory-rdre/

#SpaceTech #InSpaceManufacturing #RDRE #Microgravity

In-Space Manufacturing - Factories in Space

Database of space manufacturing companies making products for Earth or space

A researcher at a Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 university has created technology which will pave the way for #orbital 🌌 factories which can #3Dprint components on demand in #ZeroGravity https://www.scotsman.com/news/the-scottish-academic-who-travels-on-vomit-comet-shuttle-to-create-a-3d-printing-factory-in-space-4941419

Embedded #3Dprinting can "solve the challenge of #gravity-induced deformation" of printed structures https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-55972-1

#InSpaceManufacturing #SpaceIndustry