SpaceX is quietly reshaping its Mars strategy around a new kind of astronaut: a Tesla-built humanoid that can work where humans cannot yet safely live. The company wants Optimus, Tesla’s bipedal robot ...

Nasa robot returning to US for Mars trip after decade of research in Scotland - The University of Edinburgh’s Centre of Robotics has honed Valkyrie’s capabilities over the last 10 years.

Astronauts train to scale a Mars volcano at an analogue site in France. Lava tubes that crisscross the Martian surface might provide sanctuaries for the first human explorers on the Red Planet. (Photo ...

Before the first human boot sinks into Martian dust, an army of machines will have already been at work for years, testing the air, carving out shelter and assembling the hardware that keeps people ...