NASA is quietly rewriting the script for human exploration of the Red Planet, turning robots from remote-controlled tools into autonomous partners tasked with keeping crews alive far from home.

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim took this photo on July 23, 2025, as the International Space Station orbited 259 miles above a cloudy Pacific Ocean southwest of Mexico. Visible in the image is the ...

In a quiet corner of the International Space Station, far from the bustle of experiments and Earth communications, three small robotic cubes drift through the air like hummingbirds in slow motion.

Orbital Robotics, a space startup founded by Blue Origin veterans, is recruiting partners in its quest to build AI-powered ...

Space agency is soliciting designs for its ambitious mission. Once the boulder is secured, the ARV will mechanically push off, or “hop,” from the surface and then use thrusters to ascend from the ...

NASA has sent five robotic vehicles to Mars. Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, and Perseverance. Look back at the missions. (NASA/AFP via Getty Images) Martian mudstones contain features that ...

NASA's newest Mars rover came up empty Friday in its first attempt to pick up a rock sample to eventually be brought back to Earth. NASA's InSight lander has detected two strong, clear quakes ...

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 ...

Thomas College is helping to launch three new First Lego League challenge teams aimed at expanding the robotics sector for students in the central Maine area. The NASA-supported Building Aspirations ...

FRIENDSWOOD, Texas (KTRK) -- Robotics students from Clear Brook High School have the opportunity of a lifetime as they work with and learn from NASA engineers three times a week. The engineers, in ...

Reliable’s dual-use aircraft autonomy system, the Reliable Autonomy System (RAS), automates every phase of flight including taxi, takeoff, enroute, and landing. For large UAS to be operationally ...

Reliable plans to certify its autonomy platform first as a modification for the Cessna Caravan. Credit: Reliable Robotics Reliable Robotics has signed a Space Act Agreement (SAA) with NASA to jointly ...