Astronauts on the International Space Station are in the middle of a technology overhaul

Even astronauts need to upgrade their laptops from time to time, including the crew of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station, which NASA launched. Announced last week Some computer upgrades are in effect. In a statement to EdgeNASA spokesman Joshua Finch confirmed the new laptops that the astronauts will use: “The International Space Station program has selected the HP ZBook G9 Mobile Workstation as the next laptop for the space station.”

According to HPThe ISS-dedicated ZBook Fury G9 includes an Intel Core Ultra 9 vPro HX processor, an Nvidia RTX Pro Blackwell GPU, 128GB of DDR5 memory, and four 2TB NVMe SSDs. The ISS configuration also needs a dedicated power adapter “exclusively for NASA,” HP says: “The ISS runs primarily on DC power, which means the standard AC chargers used in homes and offices on Earth simply won’t work there. The G9 mobile workstations include a specially designed AC/DC adapter that works on both the ISS and Earth.”

HP says there is currently Over 100 of its own workstations In active use aboard the International Space Station, along with HP printers designed to operate in microgravity. The 35-device HP ZBook Fury G9 laptops for the International Space Station are “the third generation of HP’s on-board computing platforms.” However, there may not be any more laptop upgrades in the ISS store, as it is scheduled to happen be out of orbit Sometime in 2030.