Ken Shirriff on Nostr: The Space Shuttle had a 59-pound printer on board, known as the Interim Teleprinter. ...

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