Besides seeing the Earth from high above the surface and experiencing the weightlessness feeling of microgravity, one of the fun things astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) get to do is ...

NASA has frequently used robotics, and the space agency is currently preparing to send one adorable robot to the International Space Station to help the astronauts onboard. Astrobee is shaped like a ...

At the Intelligent Robotics Group at NASA Ames Research Center, engineers are working on a little robot cube that will be launched to the International Space Station later this year. The one-foot-cube ...

Sunita Williams tested Astrobee, a new robot on the International Space Station. Astrobee uses gecko-like pads to grab objects. It can fix satellites and remove space junk. This technology may make ...

NASA has deployed a second Astrobee free-flying robot called 'Honey' on the International Space Station. As with the initial Astrobee, the new addition is designed to help astronauts on the space ...

Bosch is set to launch a new AI-based sensor system to the International Space Station that could change the way astronauts and ground crew monitor the ISS’s continued healthy operation. The so-called ...

NASA has had an exciting month; it announced early in June that it intended to open the ISS to private astronauts tours for $35,000 per night. In addition, NASA has now announced that on June 14 a ...

NASA astronaut Suni Williams, known for her extensive work aboard the International Space Station (ISS), recently engaged in a groundbreaking demonstration involving the Astrobee robotic free-flyer ...

ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 12 (UPI) --NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station are preparing new Astrobee flying robots to enhance science on the orbiting laboratory-- a technology that could ...

NASA's Astrobee cube robots are finally earning their space wings... in a manner of speaking. The agency has confirmed that one of the bots, Bumble, flew on its own for the first time aboard the ...