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

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 ...

A modest series of new robotic missions to the lunar surface for scientific investigations and technology demonstrations are just beginning with payloads delivered by several private companies through ...

Sept. 8 (UPI) --NASA on Monday announced its 2026 Lunabotics challenge that seeks a team or person to create a robot able to move about and build things on the moon's surface. The challenge comes as ...

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

A retro-futuristic space truck. A nimble crustacean on wheels. A space-age dune buggy. One will win a multibillion-dollar ...

There has been much discussion in the space community recently about building large data centers in orbit to avoid the ...

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

NASA offer cool careers that go far beyond being an astronaut. There are plenty of jobs that are just as impressive such as ...

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 ...

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