Droids Of NASA
- The famous robot of Star Wars, R2-D2 has a real-life counterpart on the International Space Station and is called the Robonaut 2. It does basic flip switching work as of now, but NASA hopes to make it do other complicated (and hazardous) work to free up astronauts.
- NASA also launched a set of droids specializing in synchronized flying, resembling the Star Wars robots.
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