NASA’s Artemis II astronauts have travelled farther into space than ever before, providing unique views of the Moon’s far side. The crew has interestingly answered several questions during the live conversations and explained why human eyes are essential on the Moon despite the robots.

Canada’s technical expertise in space robotics got the country a seat to the moon, and then its cultural identity took center stage on the Artemis II mission.

Samples from the Moon and Mars brought down to Earth could be stored and tested in a specialist space rock laboratory developed in Leicester. University of Leicester (UoL) scientists have created an ultra-clean miniature lab, the Double-Walled Isolator (DWI), at Space Park Leicester.

NASA chief Jared Isaacman announced plans to build a permanent moon base, featuring mobile habitation modules and high-tech rovers for astronauts.

When Apollo 17 astronauts returned from the moon in 1972, they visited NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton to thank staff for their contributions to the mission, saying “we stood on the shoulders of giants as we shot for the stars.

The Infinite Loop by Nebius reports on robots training in California to build colonies on Mars, leveraging AI and autonomy for future space construction tasks.

Space-tech firm Voyager Technologies has secured a mission management contract with robotics startup Icarus Robotics to demonstrate a free-flying robotic system on

NASA has also been working on autonomous rovers that can explore and excavate on the Moon with minimal human direction. And while the current Artemis II mission won't use a lunar rover, these robots could help pave the way for a sustained human presence on the moon.

Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ: LUNR) conducted a mostly successful landing of an uncrewed spacecraft on the Moon -- for the first time in 50 years . (It was "mostly" successful because the lander made it onto the Moon safely but then toppled over on its side.

Valkyrie, a humanoid robot that was previously trained to assist NASA with Mars mission preparations, will soon return to the United States after spending nearly ten years in Edinburgh working with researchers to help improve robotic locomotion. Valkyrie ...