We’ve observed with concern a rising trend in human spaceflight discussions: the suggestion that we bypass the moon and send ...

Curiosity rover is hunting for microbial life on Mars. NASA reconnaissance orbiter snapped its first-ever image of Curiosity ...

After billions of dollars in spending and decades of planning, NASA may be forced to abandon precious samples of air, rock ...

That budgetary change aligns with the priorities of Elon Musk, who founded his SpaceX rocket company two decades ago with ...

Tesla's Optimus robots will be used to explore the surface of Mars, Elon Musk confirmed today. The humanoid robots, which ...

In a major announcement that stirred both the tech and space communities, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has laid out an ambitious plan ...

Computer Science & Engineering faculty develop technologies for a new generation of autonomous space worker robots ...

See how the Sample Transfer Arm for the Mars Sample Return mission will work in this animation. Credit: ESA/NASA ...

This September, the agency is scheduled to launch a robotic spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx ... is critical to the future and our whole Journey to Mars.” A subsequent mission, scheduled for late 2021 ...

As it whooshed over the Gale Crater on February 28, the orbiter snapped a picture of the rover, which appears as a tiny black ...

The Trump administration unveiled plans to trim about $6B from NASA’s budget, allocating $1B to Mars-focused initiatives ...

All that requires robotic Mars Sample Return — now ... what they do best — thinking and controlling, not hopping in space suits and worrying about life support. If the race to Mars were ...