[Click on image to see projected flight path] Launch of the Robonaut-1 payload on a high altitude Helium balloon is currently planned from a location in west-central Florida at approximately 3:30 pm ...

NASA astronaut Steve Swanson poses with the robot Robonaut 2 on the International Space Station after completing an upgrade that gave the robot legs. NASA's robotic space station crewmember could head ...

The space android called Robonaut 2 was just unpacked from its box last month, but NASA is already thinking up jobs for the darn thing to do, such as replacing parts on the International Space Station ...

The humanoid robot set to join the STS-133 mission on the space shuttle Discovery will be enclosed in specially constructed packaging called Sleepr (Structural Launch Enclosure to Effectively Protect ...

Robonaut 2 in the Destiny U.S. Laboratory during the first use of the Robonaut Tele-operation System. Robonaut is a dexterous humanoid robot designed to manipulate hardware, work in high risk ...

NASA's robotic astronaut, Robonaut 2, is headed home soon for a long-overdue repair. A litany of problems has kept the robot offline since it was upgraded with legs in 2014, according to a report by ...

So we thought the last of NASA's rookie astronauts had flown, leaving only veterans on the final few space shuttle flights. Not so fast. One last rookie will be on board space shuttle Discovery when ...

NASA studies feasibility of using telerobotic systems to service space telescope NASA's Goddard Spaceflight Center is studying the feasibility of a robot mission in 2009 to extend the life of the ...

The LA Basin from the Edge of Space during August 2010 Launch. Credit: Quest for Stars If all goes according to plan a balloon with a student-oriented payload will photograph Space Shuttle Discovery ...

The NASA Robonaut 2, often referred to as R2, is an updated version of NASA’s original Robonaut. The new model is designed to be more flexible than its predecessor and is capable of lifting heavier ...