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Press release from Nikon:

"Nikon Corporation (Michio Kariya, President) is pleased to announce that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has placed an order for eleven D3S digital SLR cameras and seven AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED lenses to be used for photographic documentation.
Nikon D3S
AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED

The D3S digital SLR cameras and AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED lenses ordered by NASA will be carried on the Space Shuttle and used to photograph activities at the International Space Station (ISS) in the future.
No special modifications will be made to these products. They will be the same products available to end-users, confirming the incredible versatility of the D3S. This equipment will be used along with the Nikon D2XS digital SLR cameras, NIKKOR lenses, and Nikon Speedlights already in use at the International Space Station."

The whole article is available here:

http://nikon.com/about/news/2009/1221_NASA-D3S_01.htm

Nice!!!! They have like over 35 Nikkor lenses on the space station

Quote:In addition, already about 15 types of NIKKOR lenses (more than 35 lenses all together) are kept aboard the International Space Station for intravehicular and extravehicular photography to provide continued support for NASA’s space activities.

I was reading a photo magazine which I can't remember the other day and the British army equips their photographers with D2xs and D2hs. Along with all the most expensive lenses Nikon can throw out.