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International Space Station Cupola Video Released

Posted by kdawson on from the next-to-the-gazebo dept.

quaith writes "With the Space Shuttle Endeavour scheduled to launch at 4:39 AM EST on Sunday for a trip to the International Space Station, the European Space Agency has released a video that shows how the modules it's carrying — Node-3 ('Tranquility') and Cupola — are going to get attached. Node-3 is a connecting module. Cupola has six trapezoidal windows and circular roof designed to provide a unique vantage-point for observing Earth. The video animations show how the station's robotic arm will be used initially to put the modules in place as a single unit, and then to detach Cupola from the end of Node-3 and reattach it on the Earth-facing side. With this addition, the ISS will start to look like something that Jules Verne would have wanted to visit."

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  1. Two astronauts... by nacturation · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... one cupola?

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  2. Market by NonSequor · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is going to do wonders for their resale value when the market turns around.

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  3. Well, they may call it "Tranquility" by portforward · · Score: 4, Funny

    but I know it my heart it should be "Colbert."

  4. Is this the Frances Ford Cupola? by trout007 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think it was a partnership between France and Ford. I could be wrong.

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    1. Re:Is this the Frances Ford Cupola? by mwvdlee · · Score: 3, Funny

      The robotic arm's seal broke after just five hours of use and, wait, is that wine spilling out?

      Hydraulics, alcoholics... it's all pretty much the same thing.

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  5. Re:I want a room with a view by argent · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seals are so heavy, They would have saved a bunch of weight by using sea otters holding hands.

  6. grammatically challenged scientists announce by byrdfl3w · · Score: 5, Funny

    they're gonna put a cupola new bits on the ISS..

  7. Re:www.esa.int by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Quick! Somebody snatch short.int, long.int, and long.long.int.