NASA’s RASSOR robot successfully demonstrated regolith excavation in a lunar soil simulant test, showcasing its ...

Nasa is working on building a new digging giant from the Moon. The Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot (Rassor ...

NASA's RASSOR (Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot) undergoes testing to extract simulated regolith, or the ...

In its latest test, the RASSOR creates a three-foot long berm in the simulated lunar dust. NASA tested its latest RASSOR at the Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations Lab at the Kennedy Space ...

Youngstown State University's robotics team, the Moon Miners, secured third place in the 2024 NASA Lunabotics Challenge, a ...

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 ...

of the 2024 NASA Lunabotics Challenge Grand Prize. The club also took first place in mining and berm building, third place in education outreach and fourth place in autonomous operation. With that ...

NASA astronaut Drew Feustel just joined to map its strategy. Our small steps back to the moon today could build a rich new industry. There's lots of buzz about mining the moon. Satellites have ...

BRISBANE, June 28 (Reuters) - NASA is looking to develop resources ... that could lead to development and production," he told a mining conference in Brisbane. "We are literally just scratching ...

Opposition to lithium mining in Nevada has emerged from an unexpected source: NASA. The space agency has requested the protection of an ancient lakebed in eastern Nevada, which is not only rich in ...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Environmentalists, ranchers and others have fought for years against lithium mining ventures in Nevada. Yet opposition to mining one particular desert tract for the silvery ...

Rich mineral deposits mean lithium mining companies have laid claim to large sections of it for resource extraction, through the purchase of federal leases. However, at NASA’s behest ...