About CosmicMaker
Vision
One machine – makes nearly everything needed in space, with no astronaut involvement.
Circular – grow crops and use bio waste to make polymers. We will use them to make all the materials required using asteroids, regolith and space junk as sinterable material.
Enable life – on space stations on plants without resupply from Earth.
Infrastructure will be built, repaired, and evolve independently.
Market
The total Additive Market value for spacecraft in 2035 is projected to reach €14.6 billion (ADMA Market Assessment Report). The addressable market for payload and platform manufacturing is estimated at €4.9bln in 2035.
Resupply from Earth costs <$25,000/kg is unsustainable and around 90% of spares are never used.
CosmicMaker solves this challenge with autonomous, modular, scalable, in-situ manufacturing, reducing costs, boosting resilience and enabling human presence beyond Earth.
CosmicMaker Features
Low volume, low weight and low energy machine
Highly reliable manufacture of high-resolution parts
4 in 1 multi-material autonomous production
CosmicMaker Benefits
Faster Mission Response
Parts in hours, not weeks
Reduced Launch Mass
Make spares only when needed
Greater Mission Flexibility
Adapt designs mid-mission
Sustainability
Enable circular existence
Astronauts should be explorers – not 3D printing technicians.
Mission
Our Mission is to empower space missions with autonomous manufacturing capabilities that enable sustainable exploration and habitation beyond Earth.
We’re actively developing a fully autonomous 3D production platform and broad range of materials to address this growing demand.
With ESA support, we’ve already printed in simulated zero gravity and we’re on a journey to delivering CosmicMaker capabilities to space in the not too distant future. We’re currently preparing the CosmicMaker II platform for parabolic flight and ISS integration.
2023-2024
CosmicMaker I
ESA/BSGN-funded prototype successfully printed polymers & ceramics under simulated microgravity.
2025-2026
CosmicMaker II
Flight-ready design, multi-material system, autonomous control, ready for autonomous operation on parabolic flight in April 26.
2027
CosmicMaker III
Autonomous manufacture of ceramics and plastics designed for ISS.
2030
CosmicMaker IV
Fully autonomous, metal, ceramic, composite and plastic manufacture capable of sustainable plastic and material creation.