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COMPUTER PROGRAM ASSUMES SPACECRAFT COMMAND

It's one small step in the history of robotic space flight. But it may turn out to be one giant leap for computer-kind, now that artificial intelligence software is in primary command of a spacecraft for the first time.

Known as Remote Agent, the software has been operating NASA's Deep Space 1 spacecraft and its futuristic ion engine. The question: Can a spacecraft function entirely on its own nearly 75 million miles from Earth, without detailed instructions from the ground?

The public is invited to follow this ambitious 48-hour test as it continues to unfold today and tomorrow, via a detailed web page and e-mail alerts triggered by actual events on Deep Space 1. Learn more or sign-up at this site:

For more information: http://rax.arc.nasa.gov

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