BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group’s Post

And we have liftoff 🚀🌕 The first ever lunar data center, the Freedom Data Center, has officially left Earth from NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Kennedy Space Center! Designed by BIG for Lonestar Data Holdings Inc., the Freedom Data Center launched into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and will arrive on the Moon via Intuitive Machines' Athena IM-2 Lunar Lander. The 26 x 17 cm prototype can store up to 8 TB of data and features the profiles of two U.S. astronauts: Charlie Duke, moonwalking Apollo 16 astronaut, and Nicole Stott, the spacewalking International Space Station astronaut. Set to land on the Moon’s south pole, the data center will rely on solar energy during the lunar day and cease operation at lunar nightfall, while the profiles of Duke and Scott will continue to cast everlasting shadows on the surface of the Moon. As BIG’s first built project to enter space, the Freedom Data Center marks the initial step in space becoming a recognized home for data management. SpaceBilt #CharlieDuke #NicoleStott #FreedomDataCenter #LonestarDataCenter #AthenaLunarLander #BIGOnTheMoon #SpaceInnovation #DataInSpace #BjarkeIngelsGroup #BIG #BIGProducts #DataCenters #DataManagement #ProductDesign #SpaceLaunch #3dPrinting