Robot grippers could be used to remove space debris

Blue tentacle-like arms attached to an Astrobee free-flying robot grab onto a "capture cube" in this image from Feb. 4, 2025. The experimental grippers demonstrated autonomous detection and capture techniques that may be ...

Burrowing mole-bot could characterize other planets' soil

Burrowing under soil opens up a whole new world, especially when that soil is on other planets. Getting under the top layer of regolith on a world such as Mars could give access to a world still extant with life, whereas, ...

Boeing Starliner official talks pros and cons of NASA contracts

Boeing executive Mark Nappi had been the face of the company's Starliner program during its beleaguered Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station that ultimately left its crew of two NASA astronauts behind when ...

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