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 ...

NASA has signed an unfunded Space Act Agreement with Arkisys, Inc. of Los Alamitos, California, to support ongoing operations of the Astrobee robotic system on the International Space Station (ISS).

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.

NASA is sending Google smartphones to the International Space Station where they will serve as the brains and eyes of flying, bowling-ball sized robots. These robots, called SPHERE (Synchronized ...

"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 ...

NASA has long been a driving force in the pursuit of knowledge about space, technology, and the Earth itself. Founded with the mission to explore outer space, the agency has continually pushed the ...

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