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ISS: installation of Nodo 3 and Cupola completed

Rome, Italy - Italian ASI: tomorrow planned the last of three spacewalks from STS-130 mission

The International Space Station’s new viewport is facing the Earth now, ready to provide a panoramic view of the planet below and approaching cargo ships. Relocation of the cupola from Tranquility’s forward port to its new location was completed at 1:31 a.m. EST. Endeavour Mission Specialist Kathryn Hire and Pilot Terry Virts moved the cupola, operating the station’s Canadarm2 from controls in th...

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Rome, Italy, 02/15/2010 15:52
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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