In a quiet corner of the International Space Station, far from the bustle of experiments and Earth communications, three ...

NASA expands the use of its Astrobee robots on the International Space Station to test new technologies and automate tasks in ...

The International Space Station's Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (Dextre) was employed to install the Earth Surface ...

Conditions on the Moon will be harsher, but prototype NASA robotic vehicles braved sand storms and unprecedented temperature swings this month on sand dunes near Moses Lake, Washington, to prepare for ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) inaugural HII Transfer Vehicle-X (HTV X-1) successfully rendezvoused with the ...

NASA's NICER telescope halts its mission after a key motor fails; engineers attempt to salvage eight years of space science.

"We have now achieved all the technical requirements for controlling complex robotic missions on Mars — and for a future permanent lunar research station." Two four-legged robots recently explored a ...

Private space company Lunar Outpost developed a software meant to make autonomous systems to work together as a unified ...

In 2013, NASA discovered a bacteria evading its most stringent disinfections. Scientists just figured out how it does it.

Before a “robot dog” can fetch data on the moon or Mars, it must learn to do so on Earth. And right now, that’s exactly what’s happening in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park with a contraption ...