Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Grid Systems, Inc.
- Summary
- Early Shuttle missions carried a laptop computer made by Grid Systems, Inc. The Grid was chosen because of its rugged metal case and its use of a solid state memory instead of a rotating disk. Software developed for the Grid included a graphic that displayed the Orbiter's position in space at any given time, relative to the Earth and to the line of daylight/darkness.
- This is an unflown model identical to those flown on early Shuttle missions.
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Grid System Corporation
- Inventory Number
- A19890006000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- INSTRUMENTS-Flight Management
- Materials
- Magnesium alloy, steel, plastic, paint, gold plating, glass
- Solid State electronics inside. Glass "Electroluminescent" display.
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Closed): 38.1 × 29.8 × 5.7cm (1 ft. 3 in. × 11 3/4 in. × 2 1/4 in.)
- 3-D (Open): 38.1 × 29.8 × 24.1cm (1 ft. 3 in. × 11 3/4 in. × 9 1/2 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19890006000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv997d61088-108c-4982-a370-314a574c07e0
