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NASA advances lunar readiness as Honda and Redwire develop robots for future space stations

NASA is planning three lunar investigations to assess environmental hazards, locate underground lava tubes and search for water ice needed for a future outpost. Separately, Honda and Redwire are developing robotic systems to automate laboratory work and perform dangerous tasks alongside crews on commercial stations and deep-space missions.

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NASA’s planned lunar investigations target three practical requirements for sustained human activity: environmental monitoring, underground shelter and access to water ice.
Honda and Redwire’s robotic hand-and-arm system is aimed at automating laboratory tasks on commercial space stations, while NASA is preparing robots for dangerous work alongside astronauts on the Moon and Mars.
Together, the efforts show how future human missions will depend on both lunar resource and hazard data and robotic systems that extend crew capability.

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