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Technology tamfitronics WEBWIRE – Tuesday, July 2, 2024NASAs Stennis Space Center and partner Sidus Space Inc. announced primary mission success for the centers historic in-space mission an autonomous systems payload aboard an orbiting satellite.Our ASTRA (Autonomous Satellite Technology for Resilient Applications) payload is active and operational, NASA Stennis Center Director John Bailey said. This is an incredible achievement for Stennis, our first-ever in-space mission flying on a new state-of-the-art satellite. We are all celebrating the news.ASTRA is the on-orbit payload mission developed by NASA Stennis and is an autonomous systems hardware/software payload. The NASA Stennis ASTRA technology demonstrator is a payload rider aboard the Sidus Space premier satellite, LizzieSat-1 (LS-1) small satellite. Partner Sidus Space is responsible for all LS-1 mission operations, including launch and satellite activation, which allowed the NASA Stennis ASTRA...