AI × Space

Where intelligence meets orbit.

A new section on AI in space: autonomy on spacecraft and rovers, computing beyond Earth, and machine learning for Earth and space science.

What this section will cover

Autonomy. Navigation and decision-making on rovers, landers, and spacecraft.
Computing off Earth. Orbital and lunar data-center and processing payloads.
Science and Earth observation. Machine learning applied to mission data.

This section is a stub. Coverage will be added as source-backed stories are reviewed; nothing here is speculation.

Related stories so far

MarsOct 12, 2026By Lunartic Desk

Perseverance set the off-world driving record (opens in a new tab)

On Oct. 11, NASA's Perseverance rover reached 28.10 miles (45.22 kilometers), passing Opportunity's 28.06-mile record for distance driven on another world.

MoonSep 30, 2026By Lunartic Desk

Starcloud booked an AI-computing payload for lunar orbit (opens in a new tab)

Firefly says Starcloud's SC-1L processor will fly on its third lunar mission, targeted no earlier than 2028, to process Solux vision-system data aboard an Elytra orbiter.

Firefly Aerospace