Alexa to help astronauts on the Moon

Alexa is not only in our hones, she’s even in our cars and hospitals. Now, she is set all set to visit the moon. Yes, in the first week of January 2022, e-commerce giant Amazon announced that it is planning to send its voice assistant Alexa to the lunar orbit soon, in collaboration with another US aerospace firm Lockheed Martin. This initiative is part of NASA’S 2022 mission that includes the launch of an uncrewed test flight known as Artemis 1 Moon mission. It will test the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft around the Moon. It will answer questions related to the mission by accessing realtime telemetry data. As per the initial reports, Alexa will travel to the lunar orbit as part of a technology payload called Callisto. It is supposed to assess how smart software technology could help astronauts who will fly to the moon in the future. Amazon officials further state that this mission is part of their ‘Alexa Everywhere’ campaign.