D printers will make the tools, structures, and habitats space pioneers need to survive in a hostile alien environment.

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A space probe named Hera captured images of Mars' small Deimos moon while on a mission to examine an asteroid.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Sven Bilén, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) Throughout history, when pioneers set ...