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Researchers at the University of California-Berkeley’s Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics (CEA) plan to leave the NASA Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE) Science Operations Center (ESOC) solely in the hands of an intelligent computer network. The expert system-based network will monitor the satellite payload for a 14-hour unstaffed shift. A suite of AI software-called E-toolswill allow the ESOC to be unstaffed for extended periods of time while AI-based software conducts health and safety tests on the EUVE science instrument aboard the satellite. Pending NASA approval, EUVE will be the first orbiting astrophysics mission to replace humans with AI technology.