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How to 3D print a space station wrench as emailed to orbit [i]The first-ever hand tool to be emailed up to the International Space Station can now be downloaded to anywhere on Earth. NASA and Made In Space, Inc., which partnered to install the first zero-g 3D printer onboard the orbiting laboratory, have released the file used to 3D print a ratcheting socket wrench on the space station earlier this month. The 4.5-inch-long (11.4 centimeter) tool was not the first 3D object to be printed off the planet but it made history as the first part to be transmitted to space for manufacture.[/i]
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