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@article{191662,
        author = {Devibhavani Satish Rao and Shreya N and Aaina Sultana},
        title = {Harnessing AI for the Future of Space Science and Technology},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {8},
        pages = {8961-8967},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=191662},
        abstract = {Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the future of space exploration by enabling autonomy, precision, and efficiency in missions beyond Earth. International Space Research organizations’, includes NASA (USA), ESA(Europe), Roscosmos (Russia), ISRO(India), JAXA(Japan), and CSA(Canada), have integrated AI technologies into critical projects that mark milestones in human spaceflight and robotic exploration. From NASA’s Perseverance Rover employing autonomous navigation on Mars and ESA’s Rosetta mission using AI guided descent on a comet, AI has been Central to planetary exploration. ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 demonstrated hazard detection through AI assisted landing near the lunar South pole, while JAXA’s Hayabusa-2 and SLIM missions employed mission learning for asteroid sampling and pinpoint lunar landings. On the international Space station (ISS), a joint platform of NASA, Roscosmos, ESA, JAXA, and CSA, AI-driven systems is such as ESA’s CIMON chatbot and robotic assistants support astronauts in real time problem solving and Research tasks. AI algorithms, including Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM), convolutional neural networks (CNNs), Reinforcement Learning (RL), Kalman filters, and Bayesian models, are being applied for navigation, health monitoring, planetary mapping, anomaly detection, and data analysis. These advancements not only enhance the efficiency of space missions but also reduce dependency on earth based decision making, which is critical for future long duration missions to the moon, Mars, and beyond. Collectively, the collaboration of leading international agencies in developing AI enabled system underscores the role of artificial intelligence as a cornerstone of next generation space research.},
        keywords = {Artificial intelligence, Space Exploration, Perseverance Rover, Rosetta Comet mission, Chandrayaan-3, Hayabusa 2, Canadarm2 and Dextre, Autonomous navigation.},
        month = {February},
        }