Mobility is the ultimate enabler of science on Mars,” goes the oft-uttered mantra in planetary engineering circles. Now the phrase forms the very foundation of NASA’s newest initiative. A ...

Two of NASA's giants of cosmic discovery, including a rover that launched from Florida, have been named among Time's best ...

NASA still hasn't heard from its MAVEN Mars orbiter, and the spacecraft appears to be spinning in an odd way as well.

NASA teams are testing drones, robot dogs, and new flight software in America’s toughest deserts to prepare for the ...

For several decades, it has been thought that dust devils on Mars may be able to produce spark discharges. Many lab experiments shaking sand around in a low-pressure carbon dioxide atmosphere, like ...

How can an AI robot help improve human space exploration? This is what a recent study presented at the 2025 International ...

A NASA rover that launched from Florida detected electrical sparks igniting within small dusty tornadoes whirling on Mars' ...

BBC Tech Now visited the National Space Industry Hub in Sydney, Australia, to look at how robots were being developed to support astronauts in space. Reporter Nick Kwek travelled to the hub to meet ...

The U.S. space agency has fallen silent amid the federal government shutdown, but it's about to slingshot a pair of robotic spacecraft to Mars. The trajectory, which became necessary after two ...

The aim is to establish better coordination between astronauts, robotic missions, and artificial intelligence.

Now, however, Stanford researchers have used artificial intelligence to steer a free-flying robot aboard the International ...

NASA's ex-Administrator told Congress the U.S. is in danger of losing the new space race to the Moon due to SpaceX's cascading delays in perfecting its Starship lunar lander. (Photo by Loren ...