iPod is a permanent space tourist

Interesting things can be found by looking at a high-resolution photograph of the Endeavor space shuttle that recently went into orbit (the crew page , a gallery of photos of this flight on NASA's website). Thus, the well-known iPod player from Apple, which is clearly visible through the porthole of the American spacecraft, got into the camera lens installed on the International Space Station.



TUAW.com, who noted this interesting fact, decided to tell its readers about other cases when the most common player on earth had already been in space:

• When the unmanned spacecraft Jules Verne a few days ago took off from the ground for docking with the ISS in orbit, there were several memorabilia on board, including the iPod, which was loaded with a special list of songs chosen by the winner of last year's student competition.
• When Leland Melvin, a member of the Atlantis shuttle crew, went to the ISS last month, he took an iPod along with him, which he rewrote his favorite album of Christina McBride and several piano melodies composed by him.
• For his last year’s flight, Charlie Hobo allowed his children to download their iPods with songs of their choice (however, what trust he could spend all 13 days listening to some American Phillip Kirkorov).

By the way, it's not so easy to take an iPod into space. Lithium batteries need to be replaced with special certified alkaline (alkoline) batteries. One, having docked with the ISS, the crew members could not take them with them, because they were not officially recognized as safe for the environment of the station.







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All other photos, including high-resolution versions can be viewed in the gallery on the NASA website.