Breakthrough brings factory in space closer to reality

Breakthrough brings factory in space closer to reality

A factory in space has been switched on and has reached temperatures of about 1,000C.

Space Forge Demonstrates Orbital Factory Furnace As In-Space Semiconductor Manufacturing Advances

A Cardiff-based startup has switched on a working furnace inside a factory orbiting hundreds of kilometres above Earth, marking a step toward manufacturing semiconductor materials in space under conditions that cannot be replicated on the ground. Orbital Furnace Activated In Microgravity Space Forge confirmed it has successfully activated a furnace inside a microwave-sized manufacturing unit deployed in orbit. The company said the system reached…