NASA Retires ThinkPad Laptops on Space Station After 33 Years

NASA has stopped using ThinkPad laptops aboard the International Space Station, closing out a run that lasted 33 years, according to CNBC Indonesia. The agency has moved its astronauts to HP ZBook mac

The change ends a long association between NASA's crewed spaceflight program and the ThinkPad line. Multiple Indonesian outlets, including Sindonews Tekno and Harian Jogja, reported the same shift, no

CNBC Indonesia framed the decision as a brand change, though the reporting summarized here does not detail the specific technical or procurement reasons behind it. What is clear from the coverage is t


The ThinkPad's tenure on the station made it one of the most visible pieces of computing hardware in human spaceflight, appearing in crew photographs and video from orbit over the years. Its retiremen

It remains to be seen how the HP ZBook performs over the long term in the station's environment, and whether NASA or its partners offer further detail on why the switch was made.