If you entered a test site operated by Japan’s space agency recently, you would’ve seen a bunch of tiny red robots trundling across a sandy surface. The AI-powered robots were being tested ahead of a ...

The Space Force’s uncrewed space plane is set for its next mission. The X-37B, the nine-meter-long spacecraft known for its lengthy trips in orbit, will blast off for its eighth mission on Aug. 21. As ...

The U.S. Space Force will launch the eighth mission of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle from Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Wednesday, testing next-generation technologies. Space Force is partnering ...

Stanford's AI system guides robots autonomously on the ISS, enabling faster, safer navigation and task execution in space.

The U.S. Space Force's X-37B space plane is set to launch its eighth mission from Kennedy Space Center. The mission, designated USSF-36, will focus on testing laser communications and a new navigation ...

In the sphere of space-bound robotics, competition drives innovation to new heights. While Tesla’s Optimus a humanoid robot designed for space exploration has garnered much attention, it has stiff ...

While many of the experiments it will conduct in the coming months are classified, the Space Force has identified space-based laser communications and quantum sensing as two of its focus areas.

The U.S. Space Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 shown after successfully deorbiting and landing at Vandenberg Space Force Base, March 7, 2025. (United States Space Force) The Space Force’s X-37B ...

When President Donald Trump signed the Space Force into existence, he hailed space as the “world’s newest warfighting domain.” Five years later, the Space Force is fully embracing its role as ...

The force has named satellites and ground systems after mythological creatures, ghosts and Norse pantheon, to name a few.