NASA gave a new contract to ICON, an Austin, Texas-based company that is famous for using 3D printing for its structures, now centering on the company's tech for its application on the Moon. The new ...

Within a decade, a startup known for building cheap 3D-printed houses on Earth is hoping to bring the materials cost for building structures on the lunar surface down to zero. Austin-based ICON said ...

Company That 3D-Prints Houses on Earth Lands Lunar Construction Contract NASA awards Icon a $57.2 million contract to develop a system to build structures on the Moon out of mined lunar dirt.

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A prominent Austin startup that has garnered national attention for its 3D-printed homes said it has made a "small number" of layoffs. In recent years, the company has made headlines for huge funding ...

Jason Ballard took the stage at Dell Hall, a 2,440-seat auditorium in Austin, and for a second seemed intimidated by the crowd. “Howdy!” he said, wearing a big white cowboy hat and dark jeans. “I ...

Creating single-family homes for the homeless using 3D printing robotics. Developing construction systems to create infrastructure and habitats on the moon, and eventually Mars, with NASA. Delivering ...

ICON and NASA plan to realize a 3D-printed habitat on the Moon that would be constructed using lunar materials. (Courtesy ICON/BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group) This isn’t the first time the U.S. agency and ...