Extraterrestrial landers sent to gather samples from the surface of distant moons and planets have limited time and battery ...

Blue tentacle-like arms attached to an Astrobee free-flying robot grab onto a "capture cube" in this image from Feb. 4, 2025.

So the return of Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore has never been a political story—until this week. And it's a good thing that ...

NASA is testing new robot grippers that could one day remove space debris and help repair satellites in Earth’s orbit. On ...

The Canadarm 2 robotic arm delivering Suni Williams to a worksite during a spacewalk outside the ISS. NASA NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore completed their spacewalk at the ...

NASA astronaut Suni Williams was undertaking a repair on the ISS when she was photographed from Earth by an amateur ...

A photographer on Earth has captured an incredible telescope image of NASA astronaut Suni Williams outside of the ...

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 of them on an asteroid millions of miles away. The asteroid in question, ...

After configuring their tethers and tools, Wilmore moved to the RFG work site while Williams rode the Canadarm2 robotic arm to meet him at the S-band antenna on the starboard (or right-hand) side of ...

A third task, prepping a spare robot arm joint for possible use if arm repairs ... Stuck aboard the station since last June because of NASA concerns about the safety of their Starliner capsule ...

“The rover, which is about the size of a MINI Cooper, is equipped with 17 cameras and a robotic arm containing a suite of specialized laboratory-like tools and instruments,” NASA said.