AstroForge Plans AI-Controlled Autonomy-1 Spacecraft After Deep-Space Setbacks

AstroForge is preparing to put a small transformer-based control system, called Solo, in charge of a future spacecraft mission named Autonomy-1, a striking test of whether AI can handle anomaly response in deep space with far less help from Earth. The asteroid-mining startup plans to fly Solo first in shadow mode on DeepSpace-2 before attempting a 2027 autonomous mission.