iPod as seen from space

Jonny Evans
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March 14, 2008
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OK, we know astronauts like to take their iPods with them - the European Space Agency even launched an iPod playlist competition last year - but this picture's interesting in a different way.

You see, what we have here is a picture of an iPod on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Endeavour as photographed by the crew on board the International Space Station. To the left of the picture you can clearly see that tell-tale white iPod sitting on the flight deck. It's the first time an iPod's been photographed inside one space vehicle by someone in another.

On a tenuously related note, check out the internet clamor greeting the sale of the most expensive iPod shuffle ever seen. Auctioned by Norwegian jeweller Thomas Heyerdahl in a charity auction (to raise cash for the Soil Association), the £20,000 music player and earplugs are made of 18-carat white and pink gold and encrusted with 430 diamonds.

Comments (17)

Anonymous Hero (not verified) | March 14, 2008 - 6:28am

Unless that's a 1st or 2nd Gen, and even then it looks nothing like one, I don't think that's an iPod at all. 

 

of course, I could be wrong!

Anonymous Hero (not verified) | March 14, 2008 - 6:30am

On second thoughts and a closer look!!!

 

I'm wrong! 

Anonymous Coward (not verified) | March 14, 2008 - 6:52am

 Gives a whole new meaning to "docking station" doesn't it. I gotta get me one of them!

Anonymous Coward (not verified) | March 14, 2008 - 7:51am

 The Zune will likely never be as elevated.

TuCats (not verified) | March 14, 2008 - 7:51am

How many times do we have to be told not to leave valuable things on the dashboard where they can be seen through the windshield?  I think a hoodlum doing a smash-and-grab would be an extremely unforutunate turn of events for this otherwise carefree traveler.

 

 

Anonymous Coward (not verified) | March 14, 2008 - 10:58am

FAKE!!!! That's such an obvious photoshop job I laughed so hard had I been drinking milk it would have come out of my nose. Everyone knows all the shuttle missions are faked as well. Man can't survive in space. 

Jamiro (not verified) | March 14, 2008 - 12:07pm

That's such a complete bullshit that I laughed so hard had I been drinking milk it would have come out of my ears.

Johnny Ramone (not verified) | March 14, 2008 - 11:01am

Space Poddity? (Ground Control to Major Jobs??)

Also Pod Zarathustra? 

 

sorry, I've run out of bad humour for the day ....

 

 

Larry. (not verified) | March 14, 2008 - 12:51pm

The link for that pic takes you to NASA's website.  The photo is not even on thier site to showcase the iPod.  It just happens to be sitting there.  It is not fake by any means.  Why is it so hard to believe we can survive in space?  What is NASA and the rest of the world accomplishing by telling us we have men and women in space if there lying to us?!  And how do you know man can't survive in space?  Have you tried it? I haven't, but I'll believe NASA is not lying to us before I believe an "Anonymous Coward"

Jonny Evans | March 14, 2008 - 1:04pm

 All this cafuffle brings to mind a statement from the late philosopher, Bertrand Russell. Around the time of the first moon landings, he was asked what he thought of the journey into space. He said, "the potatoe, as long as we can't make the potato grow in space, we have no future there"

This is a paraphrase based on rubbish memory...

But I guess it would be true to consider that 10,000 tunes in your pocket as you wander along the astral superhighway is no use to no one if they can't grow something to eat.

(It's no fake, by the way)

Anonymous (not verified) | March 15, 2008 - 1:22pm

wow... that's so... unimpressive.

Bradley Dichter (not verified) | March 15, 2008 - 4:45pm

More than likely it is a small digital multimeter. It seems to be the classic design of a display on the top, large rotary mode/scale switch below that, and then in the bottom corners, recessed banana jacks for the test probes.

Anonymous Coward #9 (not verified) | March 16, 2008 - 3:28pm

Mini DVOM? That's a stretch :) 'Ockham' must have switched to a Norelco electric shaver.

It's a fairly current hard drive based iPod

Mr. Reeee (not verified) | March 16, 2008 - 3:53pm

Sheesh. It's real.

There have been numerous 'sightings' of iPods on the Shuttle and ISS.
I were going to spend 6 months on the ISS I'd bring several iPods.

Why would anyone at NASA bother to fake something like that?

Anonymous Coward (not verified) | March 17, 2008 - 6:49pm

This news was first posted last week (before TUAW) on NASA Watch and SpaceRef at http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2008/03/which_one_of_yo.html

auto glass (not verified) | June 16, 2008 - 11:18pm

iPods are like the greatest gadgets ever invented ... and real popular too everyone has one.auto glass

pelican ipod (not verified) | October 21, 2008 - 4:39am

The ipods are everywhere. It's a conspiracy. Quick, run and hide ;)