What’s the camera of choice for the sophisticated space traveller? The Nikon D3s, of course. NASA has placed an order for eleven D3S digital SLR cameras and seven AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED to photograph the final frontier aboard the International Space Station.

NASA hit on the D3S, a full-frame camera with s new CMOS sensor (36.0 × 23.9 mm) developed by Nikon has ridiculously high ISO sensitivity, up to a massive ISO 102400 (which apparently looks pretty good, too).

Apparently no special modifications had to be made to the cameras, so existing D3s users can feel pretty confident their kit is future-proof.

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