I am pretty excited to share this. German Designer Roland van Ipenburg has made a widget for How Many People Are in Space! I know right?!

Best part (especially relevant with today’s historic check-in) is that he gets it. He understands why the site (and now widget) work so well:

“Because I like Apple’s philosophy of using a widget for one simple thing and not turning it into an application it’s aimed at just showing the number of people in space, without trying to be some foursquare for space.”

You can go here and get the widget in 3 different flavors! Let me know what you think!

Side note: A NASA astronaut is currently suing Dido, of all people, over the use of the same image I use for HMPAISRN. The image is beautiful, slightly frightening and most importantly Public Domain.