Nasa Robotics

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  NASA Captures Stunning Nighttime Image Of Mars Using Curiosity Rover's LED Lights

  The team found that the walls of the drill hole were smooth enough to allow another attempt to see the underlying layers.

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  Blue Origin Halts New Shepard Space Tourism for at Least Two Years

  Blue Origin has announced a temporary halt to flights of its New Shepard spacecraft, pausing its suborbital space tourism business for at least two years. The company says the decision will free resources to accelerate development of its Blue Moon lunar lander for NASA’s Artemis programme, including robotic tests and a planned crewed Moon landing...

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  First Astronauts On Mars Should Focus On Searching For Signs Of Life Says Report

  The aim is to establish better coordination between astronauts, robotic missions, and artificial intelligence.

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  NASA Launches Rescue Mission to Save the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Observatory

  NASA is preparing an unprecedented mission to save the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a key gamma-ray burst monitor launched in 2004 but now rapidly losing altitude. Partnering with Katalyst Space Technologies, NASA will send a robotic servicer on a Pegasus XL rocket to rendezvous with Swift, inspect it, and raise it to a stable orbit. The effort ...

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  NASA’s Astrobee Robots Gain New Capabilities via Arkisys Partnership

  NASA has partnered with Arkisys to extend the Astrobee robotic mission aboard the ISS. The free-flying robots are set to support future exploration by performing spacecraft maintenance and assisting astronauts. The collaboration sustains a platform vital for testing new technologies in microgravity as NASA prepares missions to the Moon and Mars.

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  NASA Prepares 2025 Carruthers Mission to Explore Earth’s Hidden Hydrogen Halo

  NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, launching in 2025, will capture ultraviolet light from hydrogen atoms to map Earth’s faint geocorona. Operating a million miles sunward, it will study how solar activity drives atmospheric loss, improves satellite protection, and reveals clues to planetary habitability, providing critical insight for fut...

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  NASA’s Perseverance Rover Spots Turtle-Shaped Rock in Mars’ Jezero Crater

  Perseverance rover snaps turtle-shaped rock in Jezero Crater, a geologic oddity shaped by erosion and human pareidolia. The picture was snapped on Sol 1,610, August 31, 2025, at Jezero Crater, by the rover's Sherloc and Watson instruments, fitted to its robotic arm, which capture visible and ultraviolet images of rock surfaces.

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  NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Spots Rock That Looks Strikingly Like Turtle

  The image was acquired by the SHERLOC WATSON camera fitted on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.

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  Russia Launches Progress 92 Cargo Freighter with 3 Tons of Supplies to the ISS Successfully

  Russia’s Progress 92 cargo ship launched on July 3 atop a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur, carrying nearly 3 tons of supplies to the International Space Station. The uncrewed freighter is set to dock on July 5, replacing Progress 90. NASA will livestream the event, as Progress 92 continues supporting ISS operations alongside Cygnus and SpaceX’s Drag...

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  NASA’s RASSOR Robot Digs Deep into Moon Mining Future with Successful Test

  NASA’s RASSOR robot recently underwent testing at Kennedy Space Center, successfully excavating simulated lunar soil with its unique counterrotating drums. This trial validates RASSOR’s traction and digging capabilities, paving the way for IPEx—the next-gen, autonomous excavator designed to harvest Moon resources like oxygen and water. The te...