Robonaut 2 — or R2 for short — is now tweeting at www.twitter.com/AstroRobonaut. With the help of its team, the robot sent its first tweet on July 26. R2 will be ...

Hundreds of people from at least 15 different countries have journeyed to the International Space Station (ISS), but the habitable artificial satellite has only hosted human astronauts, until the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space is about to get its first humanoid from planet Earth. Robonaut 2 - affectionately known as R2 - is hitching a one-way ride to the International Space Station this week ...

HOUSTON — NASA’s lifelike Robonaut 2 is ready for its actions to do the talking. Expectations are running high as the space agency and its commercial partner, General Motors, ready the muscular ...