FLOWN SPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOAD AND GENERAL SUPPORT COMPUTER. MANUFACTURED BY GRID/SAI TECHNOLOGY, CA 1996

FLOWN SPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOAD AND GENERAL SUPPORT LAPTOP COMPUTER

PAYLOAD AND GENERAL SUPPORT COMPUTER (PGNC), manufactured by GRID/SAI Technology ca 1996

Heavy-duty laptop computer, 15 by 11 by 2 inches, “Payload and General Support Computer. P/N SED33103332-715. S/N 1012” stenciled in white to top, white label reading “Payload & General Support Computer. PGSC-715. S/N 1012/ JSC-GFE. Handle with Care” with additional red label reading “Class II Controlled Equipment” to top. Housed in the original padded NASA laptop bag with sewn-own label reading: “NASA Payload & General Support Computer PGSC Carrying Case. S/N 1012.”

FLOWN PAYLOAD AND GENERAL SUPPORT LAPTOP COMPUTER, USED ON THE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR ON STS-67. The Payload and General Support Computer (PGSC) is used to support Shuttle and Payload on-orbit operations. The primary functions are command and display of non-critical payloads and additional crew information services.