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Crew-11 Undocking Soon Inside Dragon on NASA+
3+ hour, 57+ min ago (193+ words) Crew-11 Undocking Soon Inside Dragon on NASA+NASA (.gov) Crew-11 Undocking Soon Inside Dragon on NASA+The SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft with four Crew-11 members aboard is seen docked to the Harmony module's space-facing port on the International Space Station....
Flight Engineers Give NASA’s Dragonfly Lift
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (644+ words) In sending a car-sized rotorcraft to explore Saturn's moon Titan, NASA's Dragonfly mission will undertake an unprecedented voyage of scientific discovery. And the work to ensure that this first-of-its-kind project can fulfill its ambitious exploration vision is underway in some…...
Testing Drones for Mars in the Mojave Desert
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (158+ words) Researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory monitor a research drone in this September 2025 photo. This flight occurred in Dumont Dunes, an area of the Mojave Desert, as part of a larger test campaign to develop navigation software that would guide…...
NASA’s Fly Foundational Robots Demo to Bolster In-Space Infrastructure
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (152+ words) To demonstrate FFR's commercial robotic arm in space, NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate is contracting with Astro Digital to provide a hosted orbital test through the agency's Flight Opportunities program." Guest roboticists will have the opportunity to contribute to the…...
A Robotic Helping Hand
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (104+ words) NASA astronaut Jonny Kim took this photo on July 23, 2025, as the International Space Station orbited 259 miles above a cloudy Pacific Ocean southwest of Mexico. Visible in the image is the 57.7-foot-long Canadarm2 robotic arm, which extends from a data grapple fixture…...
Break the Ice Winner Starpath Tests Robot at NASA Marshall Thermal Vacuum Chamber
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1297+ words) By Savannah Bullard One year after winning second place in NASA's Break the Ice Lunar Challenge, members of the small business Starpath visited NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, as part of their prize opportunity to test their…...
2025 DWU High School Engineering Challenge
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1746+ words) The 2025 Challenge Materials are coming soon. Register now to get copies as soon as they are released. An uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) can be defined as an aircraft without an operator or flight crew onboard the aircraft itself. UAS are…...
NASA’s Astrobee Robots Advance Through Strategic Partnership
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (441+ words) NASA is continuing the Astrobee mission through a collaboration with Arkisys, Inc., of Los Alamitos, California, who was awarded a reimbursable Space Act Agreement to sustain and maintain the robotic platform aboard the International Space Station. As the agency returns…...
NASA Seeks Moon and Mars Innovations Through University Challenge
5+ mon, 1+ day ago (306+ words) NASA is calling on the next generation of collegiate innovators to imagine bold new concepts l pushing the boundaries of human exploration on the Moon, Mars, and beyond through the agency's 2026 NASA Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts " Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition....
Robotics, Exercise Studies Improving Space Missions as Crew Swap Nears
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (396+ words) Thursday's research aboard the International Space Station explored ways to control robots on a planetary surface and how microgravity affects exercise and digestion. The Expedition 73 crew is also in the middle of its preparations to welcome a new crew then…...