The Space Shuttle had a 59-pound printer on board, known as the Interim Teleprinter. Putting this heavy printer in orbit cost $1.5 million per flight, but it was a key piece of flight hardware,
providing the astronauts with mission plans, weather reports, and other documents from Mission Control. Let's take a look inside... 1/12
@kenshirriff "interim" is a word which here means "permanent" I'm guessing?
@aburka Yes, "Interim" doesn't work out that way with NASA. See also the Interim Upper Stage. Eventually, NASA realized it wouldn't be replaced, so it was renamed the "Inertial Upper Stage" to keep the IUS acronym.