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NASA's Astronaut Sunita Williams Poses with Tentacle-Armed Astrobee Robot on ISS: Report
NASA’s Astrobee robot tested its REACCH system aboard the ISS, demonstrating advanced robotic arms inspired by gecko adhesion for satellite servicing and space debris management. Astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 72 Commander, participated in the demonstration inside the Kibo module, mimicking the robot’s flexible arms. The technology aims ...
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India Plans to Build Moon-Orbiting Space Station by 2040: Report
India has set an ambitious goal to build a moon-orbiting space station by 2040, marking a major step in its space exploration efforts. The station will support crewed lunar missions and serve as a hub for scientific research. This plan follows India’s successful robotic missions, including the Chandrayaan-3, which made India the fourth country to...
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NASA Announces Plans To Build First Railway System On Moon
As the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) readies to return astronauts to the moon, it has announced its plans to build a levitating robot train on the lunar surface.
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US Returns To Moon's Surface For 1st Time In Over 50 Years
A Houston-based company has landed America's first spaceship on the Moon in more than 50 years, part of a new fleet of NASA-funded, uncrewed commercial robots intended to pave the way for astronaut missions later this decade.
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Woman Robot Astronaut Vyommitra To Simulate Human Functions In Space
India's woman robot astronaut Vyommitra will fly into space ahead of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) ambitious Gaganyaan mission, the country's first manned space flight carrying Indian astronauts.
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China Plans To Land Astronauts On Moon Before 2030: Officials
The Tiangong is the crown jewel of China's programme, which has also seen it land robotic rovers on Mars and the Moon and made it the third country to put humans in orbit.
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NASA to Send Tiny Robot MIRA to International Space Station for Simulating Surgeries
NASA will send a tiny surgical robot to space for a test mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in 2014. The robot named MIRA or miniaturised in vivo robotic assistant has been in the making for nearly 20 years by the researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Nereus Which Flew Past Earth Could Be Mined for Precious Metals Worth Billions
Space mining is an idea that began taking hold at the turn of the century, and 10 years ago, it was passionately discussed. Many argued that space mining could revolutionise the commercial space economy by employing robots and private astronauts to explore and mine near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) for precious metals and even rare earth metals.
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AstroBee Robots Will Help Astronauts With Their Chores on ISS
NASA has introduced AstroBee robots to the world in a new post. These 'free-flying' robots help with the maintenance of the ISS and do chores that save astronauts time and energy.
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China's Astronauts Make Spacewalk To Upgrade Robotic Arm
Chinese astronauts edged into space on Friday to add the finishing touches to a robotic arm on the Tiangong space station.
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NASA To Launch Golf Cart-Sized Rover On Moon To Search For Water
NASA will send a golf cart-sized robot to the moon in 2022 to search for deposits of water below the surface, an effort to evaluate the vital resource ahead of a planned human return to the moon in 2024 to possibly use it for astronauts to drink and to make rocket fuel, the U.S. space agency said on Friday.
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Russia Sends Its First Humanoid Robot Fedor Into Space
Russia on Thursday launched an unmanned rocket carrying a life-size humanoid robot that will spend 10 days learning to assist astronauts on the International Space Station.
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Russia Sends "Fedor" Its First Humanoid Robot Into Space
Russia on Thursday launched an unmanned rocket carrying a life-size humanoid robot that will spend 10 days learning to assist astronauts on the International Space Station.
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Russia To Send "Fedor" Its First Humanoid Robot Into Space
Russia was set to launch on Thursday an unmanned rocket carrying a life-size humanoid robot that will spend 10 days learning to assist astronauts on the International Space Station.
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NASA Charts Roadmap for Manned Missions to Moon, Mars
The NASA campaign has five strategic goals, including returning US astronauts to the surface of the Moon and demonstrating the capabilities required for human missions to Mars and other destinations.
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NASA's Astronaut Sunita Williams Poses with Tentacle-Armed Astrobee Robot on ISS: Report
NASA’s Astrobee robot tested its REACCH system aboard the ISS, demonstrating advanced robotic arms inspired by gecko adhesion for satellite servicing and space debris management. Astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 72 Commander, participated in the demonstration inside the Kibo module, mimicking the robot’s flexible arms. The technology aims ...
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India Plans to Build Moon-Orbiting Space Station by 2040: Report
India has set an ambitious goal to build a moon-orbiting space station by 2040, marking a major step in its space exploration efforts. The station will support crewed lunar missions and serve as a hub for scientific research. This plan follows India’s successful robotic missions, including the Chandrayaan-3, which made India the fourth country to...
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NASA Announces Plans To Build First Railway System On Moon
As the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) readies to return astronauts to the moon, it has announced its plans to build a levitating robot train on the lunar surface.
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US Returns To Moon's Surface For 1st Time In Over 50 Years
A Houston-based company has landed America's first spaceship on the Moon in more than 50 years, part of a new fleet of NASA-funded, uncrewed commercial robots intended to pave the way for astronaut missions later this decade.
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Woman Robot Astronaut Vyommitra To Simulate Human Functions In Space
India's woman robot astronaut Vyommitra will fly into space ahead of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) ambitious Gaganyaan mission, the country's first manned space flight carrying Indian astronauts.
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China Plans To Land Astronauts On Moon Before 2030: Officials
The Tiangong is the crown jewel of China's programme, which has also seen it land robotic rovers on Mars and the Moon and made it the third country to put humans in orbit.
-
NASA to Send Tiny Robot MIRA to International Space Station for Simulating Surgeries
NASA will send a tiny surgical robot to space for a test mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in 2014. The robot named MIRA or miniaturised in vivo robotic assistant has been in the making for nearly 20 years by the researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Nereus Which Flew Past Earth Could Be Mined for Precious Metals Worth Billions
Space mining is an idea that began taking hold at the turn of the century, and 10 years ago, it was passionately discussed. Many argued that space mining could revolutionise the commercial space economy by employing robots and private astronauts to explore and mine near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) for precious metals and even rare earth metals.
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AstroBee Robots Will Help Astronauts With Their Chores on ISS
NASA has introduced AstroBee robots to the world in a new post. These 'free-flying' robots help with the maintenance of the ISS and do chores that save astronauts time and energy.
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China's Astronauts Make Spacewalk To Upgrade Robotic Arm
Chinese astronauts edged into space on Friday to add the finishing touches to a robotic arm on the Tiangong space station.
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NASA To Launch Golf Cart-Sized Rover On Moon To Search For Water
NASA will send a golf cart-sized robot to the moon in 2022 to search for deposits of water below the surface, an effort to evaluate the vital resource ahead of a planned human return to the moon in 2024 to possibly use it for astronauts to drink and to make rocket fuel, the U.S. space agency said on Friday.
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Russia Sends Its First Humanoid Robot Fedor Into Space
Russia on Thursday launched an unmanned rocket carrying a life-size humanoid robot that will spend 10 days learning to assist astronauts on the International Space Station.
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Russia Sends "Fedor" Its First Humanoid Robot Into Space
Russia on Thursday launched an unmanned rocket carrying a life-size humanoid robot that will spend 10 days learning to assist astronauts on the International Space Station.
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Russia To Send "Fedor" Its First Humanoid Robot Into Space
Russia was set to launch on Thursday an unmanned rocket carrying a life-size humanoid robot that will spend 10 days learning to assist astronauts on the International Space Station.
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NASA Charts Roadmap for Manned Missions to Moon, Mars
The NASA campaign has five strategic goals, including returning US astronauts to the surface of the Moon and demonstrating the capabilities required for human missions to Mars and other destinations.
