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Built and operates the ASTRA payload
A payload roughly one cubic meter in size rode a SpaceX rideshare rocket into orbit on March 30, 2026. Inside were composite struts, aluminum joints, a perforated reflective film and an armlike robot. Over the following months the robot picked up those parts and built a section of a truss in open space, with no astronaut involved.
Updated 2 hours ago
As of September 2026: Collaborating on protein-sensing applications
A Stanford team has watched a single quantum of sound vanish in real time. A microscopic resonator switched from one phonon to zero mid-ring, the first direct observation of a quantum jump in sound.
Updated Sep 22
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