NASA astronauts repair ISS robotic arm during seven-hour spacewalk

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams carried out a seven-hour spacewalk to repair a robotic arm on the International Space Station (ISS), the US space agency said on Tuesday. The ...
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Meet Astrobee: NASA’s Autonomous Space Robot Now Taking Over Critical Tasks on the ISS

In a quiet corner of the International Space Station, far from the bustle of experiments and Earth communications, three small robotic cubes drift through the air like hummingbirds in slow motion.

The Space Robotics Startup Whose Robots Have Already Worked Outside the ISS

Most robots are built for factories. This startup builds robots for space,  and two of its machines have already worked on ...

A startup built a robot in nine months to catch a falling NASA telescope before it burns up

NASA's robot is racing to save the falling Swift telescope. See how this daring private-sector mission aims to extend its ...

NASA astronauts operate on space station's broken robot arm

The orbital surgery on the International Space Station returned the Canadian-built robot arm to full health after its "wrist" joint failed last month.

NASA Launches Daring Robotic Rescue Mission to Save Falling Swift Telescope

NASA is preparing a robotic rescue mission to boost the falling Swift telescope, test satellite servicing, and avoid a costly ...
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NASA robot mission aiming to rescue space telescope

WASHINGTON, United States — NASA on Tuesday is set to launch a daring robotic rescue mission, a long shot bid to prevent one of its aging telescopes from vanishing into dust. If successful, the effort ...

NASA Launches Space Robot to Save ‘Multitool’ Orbital Satellite From a Fiery Death

NASA’s never-before-attempted plan to move a sensitive scientific satellite into a safer orbit has faced a week of delays—but it’s still go for launch.