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In order that astronauts do not have the monotony of always talking to the same people, we have incorporated a chat where astronauts can get in touch with other astronauts, cosmonauts and taikonauts from different space stations. In addition, they have the possibility to draw so that several people can interact at the same time. In this way we also offer a recreational space in which astronauts can play games like the three in a row or hanging, among others. This section also has a professional purpose since they can make and share photos to make schemes and plans.

The app has a personal assistant, such as Siri or Cortana, called Laika. Its function is to advise and help the crew in specific cases, for example, when losing contact with the controllers of the Earth mission. Laika is programmed with some questions from the simplest to the most technical to help the astronaut. In addition, Laika has various functions, such as turning a light on or off and opening or closing a door. Besides, we have recreated a scale-programmed spacecraft with an Arduino board that is connected via Bluetooth to the app so you can see all the functions in real time, live.

In order to give an easier view of what this part of the app would be, we have built and programmed the model of a ship with some of the functions offered in this section.

Signals are sent via Bluetooth to the Arduino board from the app to perform actions such as turning lights on and off or opening and closing gates.

For this, we have used an Arduino board, a protoboard, two servomotors, a loudspeaker, various leds, a Bluetooth module H-06 and the necessary resistors.

We have also created a virtual reality section so that the astronaut can enjoy the places he likes the most from Earth in moments of longing or that he needs to feel nearer to his planet .It consists of a set of videos recorded with 360º cameras in different spaces from the Earth, among which you can choose the ones that you want. We have incorporated into the ship a machine called Virtuix Omni, with which the astronaut can walk, run and even stand still if he feels like it. He can play sports while enjoying the scenary that appeals to him. We also want to add the possibility of making that the landscape in which the astronaut is immersed advance at the same time that he walks on the platform. Due the Appinventor platform offers us limited possibilities and that this application is in a prototype phase, this function has still to be implemented.

As long as the astronauts are not uninformed about news or events on Earth, in the app we have included a news section where they will have different newspapers and magazines in different languages. This section will have all the most important newspapers and magazines in the world. The astronaut will have at his disposal a list where he can choose the diary of the theme that he likes the most in his native language or whoever he wants.