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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

What is the name of the robot, that is sent to assist astronauts is launched to the International Space Station (ISS) atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida?

A	GERTY
B	CIMON
C	KITT
D	DOREAMON

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Dragon 2. Starting in 2014, SpaceX developed SpaceX Dragon 2. Dragon 2 has a crewed variant and a cargo variant. It began providing service in 2019.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is a Robonaut? A Robonaut is a dexterous humanoid robot built and designed at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Our challenge is to build machines that can help humans work and explore in space.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina will join the space station’s Expedition 68 crew of NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, Frank Rubio, and Jessica Watkins, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin.

Detailed explanation-4: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is CIMON. CIMON is the first robot with Artificial Intelligence to fly in space.

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