AstroForge puts AI in command of 2027 spacecraft

astroforge, a startup backed by $56 million in venture funding, has developed an autonomous control stack called solo for its spacecraft. solo is a transformer-based model made in-house, which will be used for tasks like anomaly resolution. the company plans to launch its first autonomous spacecraft, autonomy-1, in 2027 on the first rocket launched by stoke space, with nasa backing. this mission will gather scientific data about the sun. astroforge's ceo, matthew gialich, says the company is going all in on autonomy, with no plans for radios to receive commands from earth.