Geek Fact for December 2nd

By Judy Novotny / 12/02/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1993,  NASA launched the Space Shuttle Endeavour with an IBM ThinkPad 750 on board.

On a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, the crew used a notebook computer in space for the first time. The IBM ThinkPad 750 was used to observe color schematics and sketches of the telescope.

Learn more at http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/space/space_thinkpad.html.

About The Author

Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.

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In 1993, NASA launched the Space Shuttle Endeavour with an IBM ThinkPad 750 on board.

About The Author

Judy Novotny

In 1993,  NASA launched the Space Shuttle Endeavour with an IBM ThinkPad 750 on board.