NASA rovers have revealed fascinating details and close-up images of Mars and the moon, but exploring other planets is slow. Most rovers are remotely controlled from Earth, and their careful, ...

Rees and Goldsmith have taken to the United Kingdom-based Guardian to express their disdain for human spaceflight. Their ...

The NASA administrator said the space agency wants to increase its presence on the moon with robot landers. While it hasn't been formally announced, Administrator Jared Isaacman said in an interview ...

Robotic dirt movers developed in San Antonio could help build the moon base and nuclear reactor that President Donald Trump wants to be established by 2030. Astroport Space Technologies Inc., a space ...

Can autonomous robots help cut space exploration times? This is what a recent study published in Frontiers in Space Technologies hopes to address as a team of scientists from Switzerland and the ...

USC engineering students were part of the team that developed and trained the robot. (Teo Gonzales / Daily Trojan file photo) In April 2009, a NASA rover was exploring the surface of Mars when it rode ...

Planetary surface missions currently operate cautiously. On Mars, communication delays between Earth and rovers (typically between four and 22 minutes), as well as data transfer constraints due to ...

Soon, thanks to the advance of robots, the only reason left to send humans to the moon will be as an ultra-expensive sport, say astronomer royal Martin Rees and astrophysicist Donald Goldsmith ...

They’re man’s best friend on Earth and could soon be man’s best friend on the moon. Though this breed is a little less fluffy than the average mutt. Researchers have been testing a new robotic ‘dog’ ...