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Cupola (ISS module)
The Cupola is an ESA-built observatory module of the International Space Station (ISS). Its seven windows are used to conduct experiments, dockings and observations of Earth. It was launched aboard Space Shuttle mission STS-130 on 8 February 2010 and attached to the ''Tranquility'' (Node 3) module. With the Cupola attached, ISS assembly reached 85 percent completion. The Cupola's window is the largest ever used in space.〔http://web.archive.org/web/20100726075315/http://www.thalesaleniaspace-issmodules.com/cupola〕
== Overview ==
The Cupola provides an observation and work area for the ISS crew giving visibility to support the control of the space station remote manipulator system and general external viewing of Earth, celestial objects and visiting vehicles. Its name derives from Italian word ', which means "dome". The Cupola project was started by NASA and Boeing, but canceled due to budget cuts. A barter agreement between NASA and the ESA resulted in the Cupola's development being resumed in 1998 by ESA. It is important to the ISS astronauts,〔http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMHAL0XDYD_Life_0.html〕 as previously they have been confined to looking out of small portholes or at best the window in the US ''Destiny'' laboratory. The Cupola is berthed onto the Earth-facing port of Node 3—the final of three modules, including Node 1 and Node 2. Because of its shape and multi window configuration the Cupola has been compared to the cockpit window of the Millennium Falcon.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=First Photos: Space Station's Observation Deck Unveiled )〕
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