Last week , Astronaut Butch Wilmore was on the International Space Station . This afternoon , he ’s right here answering your inquiry . He and Niki Werkheiser , head of NASA ’s 3D printing task , can speak about 3D printers in space , life aboard the ISS , and anything else you desire to know !
Wilmore spend the last six month on the ISS , where , among other things , he was creditworthy for 3D impression and gather the very first tool construct entirely in space : this socket wrench .
He has been an astronaut for the preceding 15 years , piloted the Space Shuttle , and commanded the ISS ’s 42nd Expedition . Prior to fall in NASA , he spend several years as a mental test pilot in the Navy where he logged almost 7,000 flight hours .
Werkheiser is the NASA Project Manager for the In - place Manufacturing Initiative , which just recently sent the very first working 3D printer into space ( which brought us that aforementioned infinite socket wrench ) . She also design and developed lading for the ISS and space shuttle , and headed up the crew safety gadget initiative for NASA ’s Ares launching fomite .
They ’ll both be here from 4 – 4:30 EST , so protrude asking all your most urgent questions right now .
Update : interrogative are now closed ! Thanks to Butch , Niki , and everyone who take a interrogative sentence .
Top image : Wilmore , snarl a outer space selfie , on his first spacewalk /NASA
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