As astronauts make their way back to Earth on SpaceX Dragon 2, an Apple iPad on board tried to connect to the internet in hillarious error.
Space launch services provider Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) and the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) are currently working together to bring the former’s Dragon 2 Endeavour safely back to Earth as part of the Demo-2 (DM-2) mission that intends to evaluate the spacecraft’s capabilities to meet NASA criteria for safely delivering and returning astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS). After astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley undocked from the ISS earlier today, the pair were guided by mission control in Houston, Texas and Hawthorne, California to update their timelines for the various steps required for bringing the spacecraft back to Earth. During this guidance, an Apple iPad that was helping the astronauts in managing their timelines malfunctioned and tried to connect to the internet as the pair were heading back. Kirin 1020 More Costly to Make Than Apple’s A14 Bionic; New Report Claims Chip Size Will Be Bigger Too Roughly an hour and a half after the two astronauts successfully undocked from the ISS and commenced their journey back to Earth, astronaut Behnken was asked by SpaceX’s Crew Operations and Resources Engineer (CORE) Anna Menon to update his timeline for the remaining mission.
