{"id":824875,"date":"2026-08-25T03:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T03:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/824875\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T03:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T03:10:15","slug":"robotics-and-the-future-of-on-orbit-labor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/824875\/","title":{"rendered":"Robotics and the future of on-orbit labor"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this episode, SpaceNews\u2019 Mike Gruss interviews Icarus Robotics CEO and co-founder Ethan Barajas at the 2026 Small Satellite Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. They discuss why astronauts have compared space missions to working in a warehouse, recent progress toward robotic systems that can offload menial tasks during missions and the future of on-orbit labor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Sponsored by<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"72\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-612373\" style=\"aspect-ratio:8.028135990621337;width:498px;height:auto\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>About Space Minds<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Space Minds is a new audio and video podcast from SpaceNews that focuses on the inspiring leaders, technologies and exciting opportunities in space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The weekly podcast features compelling interviews with scientists, founders and experts who love to talk about space, covers the news that has enthusiasts daydreaming, and engages with listeners. Join David Ariosto, Mike Gruss and journalists from the SpaceNews team for new episodes every Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch a new episode every Thursday on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/spacenews.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SpaceNews.com<\/a>\u00a0and on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SpaceNewsInc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2EelNYh8QiOM3AuP68nYAr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/au\/channel\/spacenews\/id6744940687\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Apple<\/a> channels. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be the first to know when new episodes drop! Enter your email, and we\u2019ll make sure you get exclusive access to each episode as soon as it goes live!<\/p>\n<p>                            Space Minds Podcast<\/p>\n<p class=\"gform_required_legend\">&#8220;*&#8221; indicates required fields<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note: By registering, you consent to receive communications from SpaceNews and our partners.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In this episode, SpaceNews\u2019 Mike Gruss interviews Icarus Robotics CEO and co-founder Ethan Barajas at the 2026 Small&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[79,35225,193,332333,39231],"class_list":["post-824875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-small-satellite-conference","tag-space","tag-space-minds","tag-space-minds-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}