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iss073e0865458 (Oct. 7, 2025) -- larger image -- NASA

Astropharmacy / Biotechnology, Exploration Gear & Tech, Microgravity, Missions & Hardware, People Of Astrobiology, Space Stations

Offworld Biotechnology Research: Advanced Space Experiment Processor-4 (ADSEP-4)

by Keith CowingJanuary 2, 2026January 2, 2026

Conceptual illustration of a potential human base inside a lunar lava tube, located within the basaltic crust. The lava tube offers natural protection from major surface hazards such as cosmic radiation, extreme temperature fluctuations, and meteorite impact. -- Space Science Reviews

Artemis & Lunar Exploration, Caves, Craters, Mountains & Lava Tubes, Exploration Gear & Tech, Life Support Systems, Mars, Moon

Lava Tubes On Earth, the Moon, And Mars: Detection, Evolution, And Exploration Potential

by Keith CowingJanuary 2, 2026January 2, 2026

The Astrobee and Project CIMON (Crew Interactive MObile companioN) robots had their first photo shoot in space after more than two years of working separately aboard the International Space Station. -- NASA (source)

AI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Exploration Gear & Tech, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Tricorders & Sensors

Tricorder Tech: Space AI: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Space to Improve Life on Earth

by Keith CowingDecember 31, 2025December 31, 2025

Unfolding the ramps that will guide the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover onto the martian surface requires a few engineering tricks. This close-up image of the hinge shows a part of the mechanism that will swing the ramps open on the Red Planet. -- CREDIT Astronika, ESA (Larger image )

Exploration Gear & Tech, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs

Droid Tech: ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Rover Ramps

by Keith CowingDecember 28, 2025December 28, 2025

Computer-aided design (CAD) model cross section of the MIP-MS prototype constructed for this study, including the MIP torch and ion source, ion optics, reaction cell, and quadrupole mass spectrometer (QMS). -- Rapid Communications In Mass Spectrometry

Exploration Gear & Tech, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Tricorders & Sensors

Tricorder Tech: Laser Ablation Sampling With Low‐Power Plasma: A LA‐MIP‐MS Instrument for Spaceflight

by Keith CowingDecember 27, 2025December 27, 2025

The first forms of life on Earth were microbial, preceding the evolution of multicellular life by more than two billion years. -- Microbial Biotechnology via PubMed

Analog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Caves, Craters, Mountains & Lava Tubes, Cryobiology, Exploration Gear & Tech, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Fossils & Paleontology, Habitable Zones, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Origin & Evolution of Life, Sample Return

Subsurface Life On Earth As A Key To Unlock Extraterrestrial Mysteries

by Keith CowingDecember 24, 2025

Stephen Scheidt and Zach Morse of NASA’s Goddard Instrument Field Team photograph the inside of a cave in ultraviolet light, Hawaii, September 2022. NASA/Caela Barry

Analog Studies, Astrogeology, Away Teams & Field Reports, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Caves, Craters, Mountains & Lava Tubes, Exploration Gear & Tech, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Microbiology & Virology, Sample Return, Tricorders & Sensors

Tricorder Tech: NASA Goddard Instrument Away Team On Hawaii

by Keith CowingDecember 23, 2025December 23, 2025

Wearing protective gear against toxic gases, Solange Duhamel stands next to a lava flow during an outing to collect samples of freshly deposited lava rock. Credit Christopher Hamilton

Analog Studies, Away Teams & Field Reports, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Caves, Craters, Mountains & Lava Tubes, Exploration Gear & Tech, Extinction events, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Habitable Zones, Lava / magma ocean / Volcanic Worlds, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Mars, Microbiology & Virology, Origin & Evolution of Life, Sample Return

Life On Lava: How Microbes Colonize New Habitats

by Keith CowingDecember 19, 2025December 19, 2025

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) through the Mars Exploration Program (MEP) within the Planetary Science Division (PSD) intends to add a new program element under the Planetary Science Division (PSD) in the ROSES-2025 solicitation entitled Science Transport & Robotic Innovation for Deployment and Exploration (STRIDE).

Exploration Gear & Tech, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Sample Return

NASA SMD: Advance Notice of Intent to Solicit: Science Transport & Robotic Innovation for Deployment and Exploration (STRIDE)

by Keith CowingDecember 17, 2025December 17, 2025

Collection of a sea pig crawling across the nodule-covered seafloor in the Clarion–Clipperton Zone. Photo: ROV Isis/SMARTEX

Away Teams & Field Reports, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exploration Gear & Tech, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Microbiology & Virology, Missions & Hardware, Nomenclature, Systematics, Natural History, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Sample Return, Tricorders & Sensors, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography

New Deep-sea Species Discovered During Mining Test At 4,000 Meters

by Keith CowingDecember 16, 2025December 17, 2025