Satellites and spacecraft in the vast region between Earth and the moon and just beyond—called cislunar space—are crucial for ...

Abstract: Autonomous exploration is a critical foundation for uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) applications such as search and rescue. However, existing methods typically focus only on known spaces or ...

After months of travel, the Mars Rover Perseverance is ready to land on the surface of the red planet. Remove these items from your vehicle ahead of freezing cold weather What is the Donbas, the piece ...

As spaceflight enters a new era, NASA is shifting its focus from low Earth orbit to far more ambitious goals. This video explores the cutting edge technologies and missions that could enable asteroid ...

NASA has named eight U.S. companies that are eligible to bid for the development of the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter. The program is intended to develop and deploy an orbiter to enable Mars surface ...

Extends ros2_orb_slam3 to build 3D semantic maps by combining U-Net (VGG16 encoder) semantic segmentation with ORB-SLAM3’s 3D point cloud, designed for rover-based lunar terrain mapping. LUNARBOT: ...

NASA's plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts to collect Perseverance rover samples that could contain evidence of alien ...

MAVEN has enough fuel to stay in orbit until 2030, but after a month of silence, scientists say recovery is increasingly unlikely. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

If humans ever live on Mars, they’ll need shelters that can handle brutal cold, thin air, and intense radiation. A new line of research argues that one of the best building materials might be hiding ...

In 2026, astronauts will travel around the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes will prepare to survey billions of galaxies, and multiple nations will launch ...

A broad view of Mars’s atmosphere. Credit: Andrea Luck / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 An international team of scientists has discovered geological formations on Mars that suggest the planet once ...