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09/09/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Say hello to CIMON, the first AI robot to ever fly to space

The International Space Station (ISS) is now hosting its first ever robot with an artificial intelligence system, an article on Space.com stated. The compact European-built robot is intended to serve as an assistant to a German astronaut aboard the station. The “Crew Interactive Mobile Companion” (CIMON) arrived aboard the ISS in June 2018. It was part […]

03/18/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Newest NASA spacesuit uses revamped Apollo-era “waste disposal systems” – astronauts can stay in them for a week

In a throwback to the past, NASA is developing a new spacesuit with a built-in toilet. The last such waste disposal system served the Apollo astronauts, and the new one is expected to improve on that ancestral 1970s system, reported a LiveScience article. The Orion Crew Survival Systems Suits (OCSSS) are the next-generation spacesuits for […]

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