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A NASA space telescope is falling out of the sky, and to save it the agency skipped its own contractors and handed the job to a four-year-old startup that had never flow…

The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has spent 21 years as astronomy's first responder, swinging toward exploding stars faster ...
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Orbot Robotics’ space robot has four arms, but its Goro physique has a purpose

Helios is a new four-armed robot from Zurich-based Orbit Robotics, and at first glance, it reminded me of Goro from Mortal Kombat. But unlike the prince from Outworld, Helios is not built for combat.
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This Zurich startup built a four-armed robot for space stations. Each astronaut hour it saves is worth $140,000.

Zurich’s Orbit Robotics built a four-armed space robot called Helios. It targets the 35% of crew time spent on maintenance at $140K/hour. Orbit Robotics, a Zurich-based startup, has unveiled Helios, a ...