NASA Timeline

Events

• 2026-07-15 - Capability - Wisk and NASA complete three-aircraft autonomy supervision trial - The exercise tested a 1:3 supervisor-to-aircraft concept on routes between Moffett Field and San Martin Airport. Controllers continued using existing procedures and tools while scenarios included operational contingencies. The trial formed part of Wisk’s… - source: wisk.aero
• 2026-04-11 - Demonstration - Innate runs 25 MARS robots at Y Combinator RoboHacks - Innate and Iterate co-hosted the two-day robotics hackathon at Y Combinator's San Francisco office. More than 120 builders developed projects using at least 25 general-purpose MARS robots. NASA, Google DeepMind and other technology organizations supported… - source: events.trymimetic.com
• 2026-02-16 - Partnership - NASA selects Orbit Fab for Lunar Gateway fluid-transfer work - Orbit Fab is working with NASA on a coolant coupling for Gateway's thermal-control architecture. The work addresses reliable fluid transfer in the lunar-orbit environment. The project extends Orbit Fab's interface experience beyond propellant refueling into… - source: orbitfab.com
• 2026-01-30 - Capability - NASA Perseverance completes first AI-planned Mars drive - The AI-planned drives were executed on December 8 and 10, 2025. A vision-capable AI generated safe waypoints without manual route planning by rover operators. NASA framed the milestone as a step toward more autonomous rover operations on planetary surfaces. - source: jpl.nasa.gov
• 2026-01-09 - Contract Award - HEBI Robotics awarded $850K NASA SBIR Phase II contract for modular space actuators - HEBI Robotics received an $850,000 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract from NASA to develop modular actuation hardware for space environments. The two-year project will focus on control electronics compatible with HEBI's actuator ecosystem… - source: hebirobotics.com
• 2024-09-18 - Award - HEBI Robotics receives NASA SBIR Phase I grant - NASA awarded HEBI Robotics a Small Business Innovation Research Phase I grant. HEBI said the award will support development of smart robotic actuation hardware and building blocks compatible with the HEBI platform. The company said the project is aimed at… - source: hebirobotics.com
• 2022-11-02 - Product Launch - PSYONIC releases Ability Hand for research users - PSYONIC announced the Ability Hand was being released for robotics researchers worldwide. The company said the hand''s API enabled torque, velocity, and position control of six brushless DC motors plus streaming of encoder and touch-sensor values. PSYONIC… - source: psyonic.io
• 2022-07-22 - Award - NASA awards Thinking Robots $149,945 TRACS deep-space SBIR - The project used the operational TRACS architecture at technology readiness level 5 as the basis for a spacecraft cognitive agent. TRACS combined decision-making under uncertainty with natural-language interaction, one-shot learning, fault detection and… - source: sbir.gov
• 2021-07-13 - Partnership - SkyGrid signs NASA Space Act Agreement for advanced air mobility - SkyGrid was one of thirteen organizations selected to work with NASA on future advanced-air-mobility systems. The work covered airspace-system capabilities, integrated vehicle and airspace demonstrations, and simulations for National Campaign-1. SkyGrid… - source: skygrid.com
• 2021-06-25 - Partnership - NASA's NeBula enables Spot to explore Martian-like caves - • NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) integrated its NeBula autonomy and AI system with Boston Dynamics' Spot robot. • The combined system autonomously explored Martian-like caves on Earth without prior maps or human guidance. • This demonstration… - source: youtube.com
• 2021-01-14 - Partnership - Elroy Air and NASA partner on autonomous cargo-aircraft integration - The work covered collision avoidance, flight-path management and two-way network flight-plan communications. NASA planned to supply simulation scenarios and interface details. The partners intended to demonstrate integrated scenarios with Chaparral flights. - source: elroyair.com