SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk is of like mind. Earlier this year, Musk said that the company aims to launch a small, ...

A test pilot from Edwards Air Force base has been selected for a yearlong NASA Mars mission simulation to study long-term ...

Mars is calling. With the rapid development of technology, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are gradually becoming important partners in humanity's exploration of the universe. Future human ...

Four researchers will spend more than a year in a 3D-printed habitat, acting as though they're eating, sleeping and living on ...

According to reports from Space.com, NASA planetary scientist Pascal Lee believes that AI astronauts will play a crucial role in the exploration of Mars—and other areas of space. These "space-grade" ...

The big picture: For decades, robotic spacecraft have traversed the solar system, enduring extreme environments that are utterly inhospitable to humans. The Parker Solar Probe, for instance, braved ...

LASSIE (short for Legged Autonomous Surface Science in Analogue Environments) is a quadrupedal robot built by engineers at ...

NASA has unveiled how its moon mining robot or In-Situ Resource Utilization Pilot Excavator (IPEx) will work on the lunar surface. This robotic system will support lunar digging, making it possible ...

NASA's Lunabotics Challenge is a competition open to US college students to create robots that can build berms out of ...

We compare and contrast NASA's trio of CADRE lunar rovers and its IPEx excavator to examine how this army of autonomous robots could pave the way for a sustained human presence on the moon and beyond.