NASA has unveiled how its moon mining robot or In-Situ Resource Utilization Pilot Excavator (IPEx) will work on the lunar surface. This robotic system will support lunar digging, making it possible ...

The harsh realities of extraterrestrial terrain have often hindered space agencies' ambitions of exploring various celestial bodies in our solar system. From the Martian deserts to the lunar craters, ...

Space mining tech and robotic prospecting are unlocking extraterrestrial resources, reshaping future energy, manufacturing, ...

Robots are rapidly shifting from supporting characters in spaceflight to the central tools that could make long term life on the Moon possible. Instead of astronauts hauling regolith and assembling ...

Moon mining could become a multibillion-dollar industry. The moon holds resources like rare earth elements, water ice, and helium-3. But astronomists say large-scale lunar mining could be bad news for ...

When the space exploration history books are written in the future, they'll note that humanity's expansion into the Solar System, and perhaps the Universe, began with mining tools. That's because all ...

Colossal super-rockets being produced by billionaires Elon Musk snd Jeff Bezos are set to carry astronauts across the heavens in a new "Golden Age of Space Exploration" (Photo by NASA via Getty Images ...

5-23-16 update: Cyclone Space Mining was so close to big mining runs at NASA’s annual robotics competition. But, a broken frame disabled one of the team’s two robots during the team’s first run. Then, ...

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