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The final stop for space-bound software
The final stop for space-bound software
Hidden away in a nondescript building in Houston, Texas, is a duplicate set of the computing systems found onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
The building houses the ISS software development and integration laboratory - a facility run by Nasa and aerospace company Boeing. The lab is the last stop for software before it's uploaded to the station.
The lab, seen here, serves several purposes. It develops and checks new station software, making sure that the code works on the station's hardware. The lab also helps to resolve software problems experienced onboard the station by reproducing them on the ground.
Software is first developed in the prime software production facility, before being checked in the software verification facility and subsequently integrated with duplicate station hardware in the software integration laboratory.
Once new software is approved, it is packaged into software builds and sent on to Nasa's mission control or Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Caption by: Nick Heath
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