"It's really not a question of robotic exploration or human exploration," Ehlmann said. "It is an 'and' — it's robotic and ...

GOLDEN, Colo., Oct. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lunar Outpost, the leader in planetary mobility and space resource utilization, today announced MARS-1, a mission to evaluate the performance of its ...

Space mining tech is advancing as robotic systems make asteroid exploration and resource analysis increasingly viable. Autonomous rovers now assess asteroid composition using laser-based spectroscopy, ...

Scientists are preparing robotic systems to pave the way for the first human steps on Mars and to ensure smoother missions on ...

Northrop Grumman has successfully ground tested the motor that could be used for the historic first orbital rocket launch from another planet. The solid rocket booster is intended to help return the ...

"There are incredibly tantalizing samples in the Perseverance rover's cache that could revolutionize our understanding of ...

Talk of Mars often jumps straight to rockets and boots on red soil, but much of the work happens quietly, long before any ...

NASA is quietly rewriting the script for human exploration of the Red Planet, turning robots from remote-controlled tools ...

For astronaut safety and to bolster success of the human exploration to come later, NASA needs an end-to-end demonstration of ...