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 Wow. It is mind blowing that something so big and complicated was deemed to be the best solution for this, and kept in service so long.

It is also mind blowing that you and your amazing friends went to so much effort to get it going again.

I can't wait to watch the video. Thanks for doing what you do. It is always so interesting and enjoyable to learn from you.