SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk is of like mind. Earlier this year, Musk said that the company aims to launch a small, ...

According to reports from Space.com, NASA planetary scientist Pascal Lee believes that AI astronauts will play a crucial role in the exploration of Mars—and other areas of space. These "space-grade" ...

In an awe-inspiring leap toward revolutionizing space infrastructure, Rendezvous Robotics has just secured a significant $3 million in funding. This ...

The red planet, Mars, has long intrigued humanity with its potential for life and exploration. As we inch closer to ...

Retired NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore discusses the possibility of robots being a part of space exploration efforts and more ...

LASSIE (short for Legged Autonomous Surface Science in Analogue Environments) is a quadrupedal robot built by engineers at ...

A startup has raised an initial round of funding to commercialize a technology that could create large structures in orbit.

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Separately, the NASA program of humans in space began as a cold war effort but has evolved significantly, especially since the end of the Shuttle era. The short-term goal for humans is embodied in the ...

On Episode 177 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and and Tariq Malik are joined by Dr. Michael Tice to talk about a possible ...

The First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF (ROBT) uses a complex index to select AI and robotics stocks.