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NASA Now Allowing Astronauts to Bring Their iPhones on Space Missions
NASA will provide iPhones on Crew-12 and Artemis II missions, marking a shift to modern devices for capturing and sharing space moments with families and the public.
- Soon, NASA will allow astronauts to bring modern smartphones, including iPhones and Android devices, starting with Crew-12 and Artemis II, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said these devices will help crews capture special moments and share images and video with the world.
- Facing long-standing requirements, teams challenged those processes and accelerated qualification of modern hardware for spaceflight, Isaacman wrote.
- Historically, consumer phones have flown, for example private missions including Isaacman's Polaris and Axiom flights carried smartphones, and two iPhone 4s flew on the final shuttle mission in 2011.
- Onboard crews will gain more spontaneous imagery than tablets allowed, enabling selfies and short-form videos aboard the International Space Station with smartphone use.
- However, Artemis II's schedule shows NASA completed a wet dress rehearsal early Tuesday and now targets March as the earliest launch opportunity, while contractors debate safety requirements and astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria may have bent rules in 2024.
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