Astronaut Installs Panoramic Space Window
Explanation:
This space job was almost complete.
Floating just below the
International Space Station, astronaut
Nicholas Patrick put some
finishing touches on the newly installed
cupola space windows last week.
Patrick was a
mission specialist onboard the recently completed
space shuttle
Endeavor's STS-130 mission to the ISS.
Pictured, Patrick floats near the outermost of seven windows on the
new cupola of the just-installed
Tranquility module.
Patrick hovers about 340 kilometers
over the Earth's surface, well in front of the blue sky,
blue
water, and white clouds pictured far in the background.
In the
above image, covers on windows
three and
four were in place and clearly labelled.
Images
from
inside
the
ISS's
new panoramic
cupola
are now
available.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
