One small step for servers, one giant leap for Axiom Space and IBM Red Hat as prototype data center reaches the International Space Station

International Space Station in Earth's orbit.

• Axiom Space and Red Hat deployed AxDCU-1 prototype data center to the ISS
• System uses MicroShift Kubernetes, delta updates, and self-healing for orbital conditions
• Researchers expect local data processing on the ISS to speed up experiments

A prototype data center has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) to test whether terrestrial computing systems can operate in orbit.