The structure, known as Mars Dune Alpha, is a collaboration between Icon and architect firm Bjarke Ingels Group. Icon is a company that seamlessly constructs buildings onsite without having to ...

But Elon Musk says he wants to take the sci-fi notion and make it real by creating artificial gravity on Starship’s long-term mission to Mars ... a tiny gravity vector is better than none.” ...

3D printing company ICON is laying the groundwork for printing buildings on the moon and Mars by squeezing out Mars Dune Alpha, a 3D-printed habitat at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Mars Dune Alpha is currently being constructed by Icon using the same Vulcan model 3D printer it used in previous projects, including the first 3D-printed homes to hit the market in the US.

ICON and BIG are working together on NASA’s Mars and moon missions. “With Project Olympus, we will be delivering autonomous 3D printing capability to the South Pole of the moon to start laser ...