Caltech robot makes history by assembling the first structure in orbit without astronauts
The machine, called ASTRA, takes up roughly a cubic meter and packs a gantry arm, motorized parts dispensers and 11 cameras. Engineers also squeezed two finished sections of the frame inside before launch, so its first job in orbit was simply pushing those…
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