On Thursday, June 28, 2018, members of the media are shown CIMON, an artificial intelligence system which will assist astronauts on the International Space Station, during a briefing in the Kennedy Space Center’s Press Site auditorium. From left are AIRBUS CIMON Engineer Philipp Schulien, left, and Christian Karrasch, German Space Agency project lead of CIMON. The briefing focused on research planned for launch to the space station. The scientific materials and supplies will be aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft scheduled for liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the company’s 15th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the space station.
Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett