Space Station Swaps Out 30-Year-Old Laptops for Modern Computers

The International Space Station is replacing 1990s laptop computers that run its command systems and navigation. Crews aboard the orbiting station are gradually swapping out this aging equipment while continuing their science work. The upgrade reflects massive improvements in computing over three decades. Worth flagging: the station can now handle major hardware upgrades while research continues—early in the station's life, such work would have stopped everything.