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Where best to set up Artemis Base Camp? Researchers are homing in on sites that feature long-duration access to sunlight, direct-to-Earth communication and gentle slopes and also offer access to permanently shadowed regions that may contain water ice.

DARPA wants to build a 'thriving commercial economy' on the moon in 10 years

By Josh Dinner published

DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is seeking rapid develop of technologies to support the foundation for an integrated lunar infrastructure.

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An illustration of astronauts on Mars, theoretically showing what it'd look like someday. There is a sort of vehicle in the background and a drilling mechanism in the foreground.

Mars astronauts could make rocket fuel on the Red Planet someday. Here's how

By Rahul Rao published

Because oxygen takes up valuable weight aboard spacecraft, space mission planners are interested in the idea of creating oxygen right there on Mars with raw Martian materials.

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A helicopter-like vehicle with six propellers on its sides and a red racing stripe houses two people.

NASA propulsion technology brings 'flying cars' closer to reality

By John Loeffler published

The Epiphany Transporter is the latest 'flying car' effort to be unveiled, but this one has NASA engineering at its back.

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The Hestia sustem which turns a smartphone into a smarttelescope for astrophotography

Vaonis' Hestia Kickstarter to turn smartphones into smart telescopes crosses $2 million with a week to go

By Robert Lea published

A Kickstarter campaign for Hestia, a system that turns a smartphone into a smart telescope, has crossed the $2 million dollar mark with under a week left to go.

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Astroscale's Cosmic mission intends to remove decades old space junk from Earth's orbit using a robotic arm.

Astroscale aims to capture old space junk with robotic arm in 2026 (exclusive video)

By Tereza Pultarova published

A lightweight version of the International Space Station's robotic arm will help Astroscale remove decades-old space junk from Earth's orbit in the first mission of its kind.

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A large man-made dish sits like a crater surrounded by utility towers in a mountainous forest.

World's largest radio telescope gets help from smart maintenance robots

By John Loeffler published

The world's largest single-dish radio telescope can be a pain to maintain, so Chinese astronomers are using smart robots to make the job easier.

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a large white rocket on its side in a factory

Chinese launch startup tests landing rockets with jet-powered prototype

By Andrew Jones published

Chinese launch company Galactic Energy announced in late July that it used a small test vehicle propelled by a jet engine to test software for landing rockets.

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A jet with pale green panel coverings and sleek, sharp edges and angles sits underneath the canopy of a hanger, the bright sun peaking just above the structure's right side, against a cloudy blue sky.

Watch NASA's sci-fi-looking X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet roll out of the hangar (video)

By Brett Tingley published

Lockheed Martin released a new video of NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet rolling out of the hangar at its Skunk Works plant in Palmdale, California.

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close-up of a robot with a human-like visor head and long, flexible arms in a facility with a high ceiling

Meet Rollin' Justin, the human-like robot that astronauts control from space

By Elizabeth Howell published

Robot Rollin' Justin is a pioneer in testing how astronauts can control a machine on another world. He just finished a test on the simulated sands of a Mars-like world.

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illustration of solar arrays on the moon, with the blackness of space and earth in the background

NASA awards $150 million for moon power systems, other exploration tech

By Mike Wall published

NASA has awarded $150 million to advance the development of potentially revolutionary exploration technologies, including systems that could power outposts on the moon.

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