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AstroForge is putting AI in command of its next spacecraft
Publisher description: Autonomy-1 will have a small, transformer-based AI model taking charge of a space probe.
TechCrunch | Sep 22, 2026 | Tim Fernholz
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The company has developed an autonomous control stack for its spacecraft called “Solo,” a transformer-based model made in-house. AstroForge plans to fly its first autonomous spacecraft in 2027 on the first rocket launched by Stock Space. In 2025, its Odin spacecraft was launched into deep space, but the company had difficulty communicating with it.
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