ipods in space

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Date Released: Tuesday, December 12, 2006

iPod Sighting Aboard Space Shuttle Discovery

Aboard the shuttle

Image caption: S116-E-05405 (11 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Nicholas J. M. Patrick, STS-116 mission specialist, holds food packages near the galley on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery.

NOTE:If you look at the left hand side of this image, dated Monday, 11 December, you will see an iPod and a Belkin external battery pack velcroed to a panel next to the Discovery's toilet located in the Shuttle's middeck. The iPod is connected to a set of external speakers. This image was taken before Discovery docked with the International Space Station.

If you can't find it, here is a close up.

Image caption: S116-E-05401 (11 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut William A. (Bill) Oefelein, STS-116 pilot, occupies the pilot's station on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day three activities.

NOTE:There is also another iPod (marked "PLT") velcroed to the upper right control panel on the Discovery's flight deck as seen in the above image

On the space station

ISS014-E-08795 (29 Nov. 2006) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Reiter, Expedition 14 flight engineer, works with the Cognitive Cardiovascular (Cardiocog-2) experiment in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

NOTE:If you look carefully at the large version of the above image you will see an iPod attached to a Belkin external battery pack on the equipment rack directly in front of Thomas Reiter.