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Astrobee Robot Returns to Space Aboard ISS

Exploring How Robots Can Maintain Spacecraft

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Tom Patton
Oct 10, 2023
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NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg examines a recently unpacked Astrobee free-flying robot.

One of NASA’s Astrobee smart robots has returned to the International Space Station (ISS). The yellow Honey Astrobee, one of three free-flying robots, was unboxed in space after spending nearly a year at its home base, NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon …

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