Mission / Earth orbit

Astrobee

NASA Ames · 2014–now · also Astrobee free-flyer

Three cube-shaped free-flying robots operating inside the ISS since 2019, used as a research platform for microgravity robotics and autonomy.

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4 papers naming Astrobee

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Maria Bualat, Jonathan Barlow, Jose Benavides, Brian Coltin +6 moreSpaceOps 2021May 3, 2021

May 3, 2021

Maria G. Bualat, Jonathan S. Barlow, Jose V. Benavides, Brian Coltin +6 moreSpaceOps 2021May 3, 2021

May 3, 2021

Maria G. Bualat, Trey Smith, Ernest E. Smith, Terrence Fong +1 moreSpaceOps 2018 78 citedMay 25, 2018

May 25, 2018

DW Wheeler, Mark Allan, Julius GyorfiSpaceOps 2025May 26, 2025

May 26, 2025