AI assistants for astronauts on long-duration space missions unveiled

At the International Astronautical Congress in Milan, researchers presented an innovative system. It is designed to support astronauts on long-duration space missions.
The project, in which scientists from the German Aerospace Center participate, is aimed at increasing the autonomy of astronauts and reducing their dependence on communication with Earth, the delay in which can be up to 24 minutes.
The system has been named METIS. It has been enhanced using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies including GPT models, augmented reality (AR) and knowledge bases (KG). This will allow astronauts to receive information in natural language and use it to make decisions in real time without waiting for commands from Earth.
One of the key features of the new approach is the integration of documents and live data, such as sensor readings, into a single knowledge base. This data will be displayed through augmented reality, reducing the workload of astronauts and helping them respond more quickly to changes in mission conditions.
Such AI systems are expected to become critical for decision-making on long-term space missions, including those to Mars