EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The University of Texas at El Paso has joined a project led by NASA to utilize 3D-printing processes with the aim of manufacturing rechargeable batteries using soil from ...

A mission to Mars seems more a case of when, not if, but where will astronauts actually live once they arrive on the Red Planet? To try and figure this out, NASA has commissioned high-profile ...

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Imagine this: You're an astronaut fresh off the 300 million-mile trip to Mars, eager to start your research and maintain your enclosed living space. And then something breaks. While you probably ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Imagine ...

Named Charlotte, this robot was developed by the Australian companies Crest Robotics and Earthbuilt Technology. Its purpose is to deliver low-cost, low-carbon housing capabilities here on Earth.

We may not have landed humans on Mars yet, but NASA is already considering how to help them stay long term. For the last five years, engineers at NASA's Swamp Works laboratory in Kennedy Space Center ...

Space pioneers will bring 3D printers with them to make the tools, structures and habitats space pioneers need to survive in a hostile alien environment. JumlongCh JumlongCh/Getty Editor’s note: The ...