In an effort to inspire the next generation of space explorers, NASA has partnered with Minecraft to develop "worlds" that are based on its ambitious Artemis Program. Minecraft gamers can now try taking part in NASA's Artemis Program with new Artemis-themed worlds. They were developed through a partnership between NASA's Office of STEM Management and Microsoft, which actually owns Minecraft. Gamers can experience the various tasks that are required for the mission, from building a rocket and launching it to establishing a lunar base. It starts with "Artemis: Rocket Build" mission, where kids will learn about rocket engineering by building and launching a rocket.

Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. U.S. space agency NASA isn't just concerned about exploring outer space, it's also concerned about helping humanity to learn more about the planet Earth and the impacts of climate change. Today, NASA and IBM announced a partnership that will see the development of new artificial intelligence (AI) foundation models to help analyze geospatial satellite data, in a bid to help better understand and take action on climate change. To date, NASA has largely relied on the development of its own set of bespoke AI models to serve specific use cases. The promise of the foundation model approach is a large language model (LLM) that has been trained on lots of data that can serve as a more general purpose system that can be customized as needed.

US government body Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) and NASA have teamed up to build robotic technology that can refuel and repair friendly satellites. "Service stations in orbit" -- the name given to these robotic satellites -- would not only refuel satellites but also drastically improve their longevity and lifespan. According to a report in Futurism, the robots could fix minor maintenance issues, keeping up with current orbiters as they age and sustain damage. The agencies also hope to keep the orbit clear of debris called space pollution which is caused by broken satellites abandoned in the space. In 2015, there were about 25,000 human-made objects larger than a human fist and roughly half a million larger than a dime orbiting Earth.