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Sunday, February 14, 2010

ISS News Feb 15, 2010 : Tranquility Receives Domed Lookout

The headline at Yahoo News reads: Space station's new lookout in final resting spot

Astronauts have finally installed a fancy observation deck at its new spot on the International Space Station.

An Italian-designed lookout, which has seven windows, including the largest ever sent into space, is now in place at the International Space Station. Because of "jammed bolts" and "wayward wiring", it took hours longer than expected to have the lookout in place.

The $27 million domed lookout is the ceiling to a new room at the station called Tranquility. It is, essentially, "a big bay window".

Here's the link for those who want to see the original article:
Space station's new lookout in final resting spot [Note, external links can break over time.]

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