Despite Amazon’s absence from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the e-commerce giant starts the year with its eyes on the Moon.
Last Tuesday, Amazon announced plans to send its voice assistant Alexa into space as part of Artemis I, NASA’s unmanned mission that will provide bases for the return of humans to the Moon.
In a future mission, Artemis II, NASA will send the first female and first non-white person to the satellite.
Inside the Orion spacecraft, the “world’s most powerful” rocket will be launched, according to NASA, and Alexa will join the journey around the Moon as part of Callisto, a technology demonstration payload built in collaboration with engineers Lockheed Martin and Cisco.
“The computer of Star Trek was part of our original inspiration for Alexa, so it’s exciting and humbling to see our vision of environmental intelligence come to life aboard Orion,” said Aaron Rubenson, vice president of Alexa Everywhere, Amazon.
Alexa’s space trip “will help explore how voice technology and artificial intelligence can help astronauts on future missions,” the statement said.
In addition, the company claims to be developing a series of experiments, available later this year, with the aim of making space exploration more accessible for those who want to follow Artemis’ mission closely.
It is now possible to set reminders to keep you up to date on the mission. Just say, “Alexa, take me to the moon.”
The Orion spacecraft will travel more than 450,000 kilometers from Earth on a mission that will last four to six weeks.
According to NASA, Orion will remain in space longer than any other spacecraft without docking with a space station, and it will also return to Earth “faster and hotter than ever.”
Artemis I is scheduled to take off from launch pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in 2022. There is a launch window that opens Feb 12 and closes Feb 27.
If the launch does not take place in February, the Artemis I could take off between 12 and 27 March or between 8 and 23 April.
In addition to the space announcement, Amazon also introduced a new experience for its streaming device, Fire TV; a new security sensor for its security cameras, Ring, and an agreement with automotive supplier Stellantis.
This content was originally created in Spanish.
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Reference: CNN Brasil
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