NASA will now allow astronauts to take their smartphones to space<p>Most people wouldn't leave their phones behind when they so much as go for a drive, but NASA astronauts have had to leave their phones on Earth while they went to work 250 miles away at the International Space Station. That is, until now.</p>
<p>In a <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
https://x.com/NASAAdmin/status/2019259382962307393">
post on X[/url], NASA Administrator <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/science/space/nasa-finally-has-a-leader-but-its-future-is-no-more-certain-201109072.html">
Jared Isaacman[/url] shared that the Crew-12 and <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/science/space/nasa-moves-artemis-2-launch-to-march-after-hydrogen-leak-during-testing-140000351.html">
Artemis II[/url] astronauts will be allowed to bring smartphones along for the journey to the ISS and beyond. "We are giving our crews the tools to capture special moments for their families and share inspiring images and video with the world," Isaacman said.</p>
<span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>While these won't be the <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/smartphone-photos-from-orbit/">
first smartphone images[/url] captured in space — that distinction belongs to a trio of miniature phone-based satellites sent into Earth orbit in 2013 which succeeded where the earlier British <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STRaND-1">
STRaND-1 project[/url] failed. But thanks to the upcoming <a data-i13n="cpos:6;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/science/space/nasa-makes-final-preparations-for-its-first-crewed-moon-mission-in-over-50-years-150000825.html">
Artemis II mission[/url], we can look forward to the first smartphone images from the moon's orbit. The March (for now) launch will be the agency's first crewed moon mission since Apollo 17 in 1972.</p>
<p>The crews' personal devices will be far less cumbersome to use than the <a data-i13n="cpos:7;pos:1" href="
https://petapixel.com/2017/10/03/nikon-cameras-used-nasa/">
old Nikon DSLRs[/url] they were previously limited to for high-quality still images. Ideally, this means more spontaneous pictures that can be shared with friends and family back on Earth.</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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NASA will now allow astronauts to take their smartphones to space
