Mayflower will make the 3-week trip from the UK to the US guided by an AI-powered captain and without humans on board.
![When the Mayflower leaves its home port in Plymouth, England to attempt the world’s first fully autonomous transatlantic voyage, it will be guided by a highly trained, artificial intelligence-driven 'captain' and a 'navigator' versed in the rules of avoiding collisions at sea [File: Oliver Dickinson for IBM/ProMare]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Mayflower-seatrials-April-2021-002-2.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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The high point of Ingenuity’s coming of age story is about to begin.
![In this artist's rendition, NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter stands on the Red Planet's surface as NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover (partially visible on the left) rolls away [Courtesy of NASA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2021-04-08-Mars-Ingenuity-ART-PIA23720.png?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Richard Branson’s space tourism firm is developing a new passenger spacecraft – and plans to set up more spaceports.
![The latest test flight, which will likely take place in May, is a redo of the December 12 test in which the rocket motor on the passenger vehicle SpaceShipTwo Unity failed to fire after separation from its mother ship, the VMS Eve [Courtesy: Virgin Galactic]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/SpaceShipTwo_First_Rocket_Powered_Flight_Test_from_New_Mexico.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
In a crater left by an ancient lake, the Perseverance rover will hunt for traces of microbial life.
![The United States spacecraft carrying the Perseverance rover is set to land on Mars on Thursday and is depicted in this illustration [Courtesy: NASA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Mars-01_Approach_10k.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Firms unveiled AI-enabled gadgets aimed at making staying home during the COVID crisis easier during this year’s CES.
![Inventors debuted a host of AI gadgets at the first-ever fully virtual Consumer Electronics Show, including the MOFLIN robotic pet [Courtesy: Vanguard Industries]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MOFLIN-image_2.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The Consumer Electronics Show, an annual expo of cutting-edge products, is being held entirely online this year.
![Hussman's new food lockers offer socially distant pick-up options for take-out food and groceries [Courtesy: Panasonic]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Hussman-CubFoods_Locker_2019_a_SCRUBBED-002.png?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The upcoming flight will be the first powered launch from Spaceport America, where Virgin Galactic is now headquartered.
![Virgin Galactic's spaceship VSS Unity, tucked under the wing of its special carrier aircraft [File: Matt Hartman/AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AP_20044853260795-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)