CNETNate writes "With its own file server for uploaded Hollywood blockbusters, a 10Mbps Internet connection to Earth, and around a hundred IBM ThinkPad notebooks, the consumer technology aboard the $150 billion International Space Station is impressive.... ...full story at slashdot
from slashdot on Tue, Nov 03 2009
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| 07 Jul 09 |
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Interplanetary internet gets permanent home in space » digg A new protocol which could one day handle deep-space communications is now being tested aboard the International Space Station. The the newly installed system aboard the ISS could one day allow data to flow between Earth, spacecraft, and astronauts... |
| 20 Jul 09 |
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Astronauts Deal With Clogged Toilet At Space Station » digg (AP) -- The bathroom lines at the already crowded space shuttle and space station complex got a lot longer Sunday because of a flooded toilet. One of two commodes aboard the international space station malfunctioned, right in the middle of complicated... |
| 25 Sep 09 |
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The Return of Buzz Lightyear ( PIC) » digg Disney's space ranger Buzz Lightyear returned from space on Sept. 11, aboard space shuttle Discovery's STS-128 mission after 15 months aboard the International Space Station. |
| 15 Nov 09 |
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Butterflies to Hitch Orbital Ride on Space Shuttle » digg Butterflies are slated to get another shot at surviving life aboard the International Space Station, when thousands of students join scientists in watching NASA's space shuttle Atlantis launch to the space station on Nov. 16 |
| 18 Sep 09 |
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New Space Station Tech Maps Earth's Coasts » digg An extensive imaging project aboard the International Space Station may give scientists their first look at Earth's coasts on a global scale. For 20 years, researchers have used light-splitting devices mounted in aircraft to study coastal regions on... |
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