Before the first human boot sinks into Martian dust, an army of machines will have already been at work for years, testing ...

NASA is quietly rewriting the script for human exploration of the Red Planet, turning robots from remote-controlled tools ...

"It's really not a question of robotic exploration or human exploration," Ehlmann said. "It is an 'and' — it's robotic and ...

Scientists explain how robotic missions are helping prepare for human travel to the moon and Mars, focusing on radiation, water mapping, lunar dust, and space weather planning ...

People have been exploring the surface of Mars for over 50 years. According to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, nations have sent 18 human-made objects to Mars over 14 separate ...

Mars looks familiar from afar, but surviving there means creating a protective oasis in a hostile world. Instead of shipping ...

University of Colorado Boulder postdoctoral researcher Ulubilge Ulusoy is developing AI systems to bridge the gap in support ...