For nearly a decade, NASA has been building a robotic arm that can refuel old satellites in space. But it killed the project on Friday amid budget issues, delays, and technical flops. In development ...

After undocking from the International Space Station this afternoon, the crew of the space shuttle Discovery quickly began two days of inspections to make sure it can survive the trip home. The ...

Following a key program review, NASA approved the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) to proceed to the next phase of design and development for the mission’s robotic segment. ARM is a two-part mission ...

PASADENA, CA, June 1, 2009 – MDA Alliance has delivered the engineering model of the robotic arm that will be used on NASA’s upcoming Mars Science Laboratory, a roving, jeep-size geology lab scheduled ...

NASA made the decision to cease and desist with its $2B OSAM-1 (On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing) project due to continued technical, cost, and schedule challenges. The now defunct ...

Gitai says its dual robotic arm system is ready for launch to the ISS in 2024. Credit: Gitai Gitai’s 1.5-m-long autonomous dual robotic arm system (S2) has successfully passed all NASA safety reviews ...

The Canadarm 2 robotic arm delivering Suni Williams to a worksite during a spacewalk outside the ISS. NASA NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore completed their spacewalk at the ...

The Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft was captured by the International Space Station's robotic arm. Credit: NASA ...

ARM INVESTIGATION: NASA has formed a board that will investigate the March 4 accident that damaged the shuttle Discovery's robotic arm. Hugo Delgado, deputy director for the Office of the Chief ...

Provided something catastrophic does not take place here on Earth, humanity will expand in the solar system sooner than some of us might think. Sure, a lot of work still lies ahead, but the ...

It sports a robotic arm with a power drill, a laser that can zap distant rocks, a chemistry lab to sniff for the chemical building blocks of life and a detector to measure dangerous radiation on the ...

A robotic arm made solely by European manufacturers has passed its qualification review for launch into space on the OneSat range of satellites. The robotic deployment and pointing system enables the ...