The need for humans to better understand the world beyond the stars has led to groundbreaking achievements. This fascination with space helped us achieve milestones such as the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, ...

While aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim controlled robots on a simulated martian landscape in ...

When NASA’s free-flying helpers on the International Space Station drifted into trouble, the solution did not come from a new thruster or a last-minute software patch. It came from a virtual copy of ...

Expedition 74 astronauts conducted science experiments, spacesuit maintenance, and spacecraft operations while the International Space Station received cargo deliveries and performed a reboost.

How can an AI robot help improve human space exploration? This is what a recent study presented at the 2025 International Conference on Space Robotics hopes to address as a team of researchers ...

A robotic Russian cargo spacecraft launched toward the International Space Station Friday (April 20) to ferry tons of gear for the orbiting lab's crew, a flight that comes just 10 days before an ...

On March 11, 2008, the first Japanese module of the International Space Station launched on the space shuttle Endeavour during mission STS-123. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] ...

A team of Stanford researchers have test-flown an autonomous robot inside the International Space Station (ISS), demonstrating a technique for guiding robots in space when computational resources are ...

Even astronauts do grunt work, including routine maintenance and organizing cargo. It’s a waste of precious space time and taxpayer money—it costs about $130,000 an hour to keep astronauts in orbit.

Engineers in China are exploring a new robotic system designed to operate as a ...

Texas A&M University is launching a unique orbital research platform aboard the International Space Station, enabling groundbreaking space experiments.