SpaceX Extraordinary Cargo Mission
3D Printing Human Tissue in Space, Onboard the ISS Source: Techshot BFF July Launch of Your BFF in Space This is extraordinary technological innovation being launched to benefit humanity on earth by creating human tissue in space. A SpaceX rocket on a cargo mission will include a 3D printer that aims to produce human tissue in space aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The 3D printer is a cutting edge innovation from Techshot. Its formal name is 3D Bio-Fabrication Facility or BFF. This BFF could be our BFF in space. On a Mission to Benefit Life on Earth BFF will use adult human cells and adult proteins to 3D print viable human tissue. According to Techshot, which is a space flight equipment operator, this is a step toward producing human organs by 3D printing. They are collaborating with 3D bioprinter nScrypt on this project. There is a very real, human angle in this story. The CEO of nScrypt Ken Church had a dau...