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We all love our Apple products, like NASA! Although you might think that user computers and PCs prevail in the space industry, well, it seems like it still is. Apple products often appear in commercial and NASA missions. Here are five Apple products that flew into space. It is used mainly as NASA electronic laptops, you will see astronauts using various models at the International Space Station. With a Velcro attached to the back, they can be stuck to the walls, legs or almost everyone at a light gaze station, performing experiments or procedures in space. We assume that the Apple iPad Minis can be seen during the launch and flight participants of the Dragon crew as pilot knee houses and laptops with all the necessary crew members. We even saw astronauts using Imessage and the camera application to exchange details with ground controllers.
SpaceX, during its web broadcasts, was used even to call them “ iPads ” During the steps to eliminate problems, but now they replaced the phrase just “ tablets. ” This is probably due to his close work with NASA, which, if possible, does not turn to the name of the brands. Members of the closing crew, people who force astronauts in the dragon and seal the hatch, use the iPad to track steps and take a picture with double checks of engineers outside the site. Moreover, you might think that Apple ' S AirPods will never be used for the official reason, mainly used by astronauts during training in training Cosmos, Virgin Galactic actually used first -generation Airpod professionals for their clients on early flights. Flights for payment of customers. These clients vary from private citizens seeking to professional researchers from institutions and governments.
during “ Galactic 01, ” The company's test flight before the start of commercial operations, the crew members were seen in Airpods with belts attached to the stems to make sure that they did not fly away. They were probably used for ground controllers to communicate with the crew when they could remove the seat belts and move along the salon, and then, when they return to their places. This is not confirmed, but the crews probably used an active sound -like cancellation to reduce the potential noisy environment of any spaceship.
IPODS
Probably the next most used product in space, the iPod flew into space with astronauts for personal use since the time of the iPod Classic.
Each astronaut gets the opportunity to bring a small section of personal belongings. It can be family photos, watches and yes, iPod. First of all, it is used for his alleged purpose, listening to music, since pensions for retirement products and IPhone growth, we have not seen them since then.
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What are astronauts use now for their needs for listening to music? Well, the Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield brought a full -sized guitar. Although I would suggest that now they use their iPad. The main use for Macintosh was testing graphic user interfaces in the space and ways to manage its cursor. Although this may seem ordinary and an empty waste of time, until that moment NASA astronauts used only 100% controlled by keyboards. It was also an increase in the dominance of trackpad, and optical mice began to work well in space. Astronaut NASA Bill Shepard throws a flexible disk in space. So yes, NASA sent a military seal to space to check the trackball and play in a catch with dishes -Disk. The agency switched to ThinkPads with their easy use of the keyboard nipple in the space, which is still used today, along with several other variations of the PC laptop. Again used for personal use without the official version of NASA, in recent years many astronauts have been noticed in Smart Watch, while at the ISS. It was used by private astronauts in a medical study of how their time in space affected their bodies.
