Robotics

Mars
Commercial Space
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Robotics
Science-enabling Technology
Space Communications Technology
Technology Research
The Future of Commercial Space
Nine companies have been selected to conduct early-stage studies of concepts for commercial services to support lower-cost, higher-frequency missions to the Red Planet. NASA has identified nine U.S. companies to perform a total of 12 concept studies of how commercial services can be applied to enable science missions to Mars.
Posted May 1, 2024
Technology
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Earth's Moon
Game Changing Development Program
Robotics
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Construction and testing are complete on the CADRE rovers, which will map the lunar surface together as a tech demo to show the promise of multirobot missions. A trio of small rovers that will explore the Moon in sync with one another are rolling toward launch. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California […]
Posted March 7, 2024
NASA en español
Earth's Moon
General
Planetary Science Division
Robotics
VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover)
El público tendrá un asiento de primera fila y en directo para ver cómo el primer rover lunar robótico de la NASA cobra forma en la sala limpia de la Instalación de Pruebas de Integración de Segmentos de Superficie en el Centro Espacial Johnson de la agencia en Houston. Los integrantes de la misión del […]
Posted November 3, 2023
VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover)
Ames Research Center
Earth's Moon
General
Planetary Science Division
Robotics
The public now has a live, front row seat to see NASA’s first robotic Moon rover take shape in the Surface Segment Integration and Testing Facility clean room at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Members of VIPER — short for the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover — and the Office of Communications at NASA’s Ames […]
Posted November 3, 2023
ISS Research
Ames Research Center
Astronauts
General
International Space Station (ISS)
Robotics
Space Technology Mission Directorate
The International Space Station is abuzz with the return of one of NASA’s Astrobee smart robots. The yellow Honey Astrobee, one of three free-flying robots, was unboxed in space after spending nearly a year at its home base, NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. Honey had returned to Earth in September 2022 for […]
Posted October 5, 2023
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