Japan’s space agency has for the first time released photos and videos taken on the International Space Station by its resident robot drone, which can be remote-controlled from Earth. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) says footage taken by the Internal Ball Camera (or Int-Ball) can be checked in real time by flight controllers and researchers on the ground and then fed back to the onboard crew. The Int-Ball was manufactured entirely by 3D printing, and it uses existing drone technology.
Japan’s space camera drone on the ISS is a floating ball of cuteness
Jul
17
2017