International Space Station Cupola Video Released 70
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."
Two astronauts... (Score:5, Funny)
... one cupola?
Market (Score:4, Funny)
This is going to do wonders for their resale value when the market turns around.
Well, they may call it "Tranquility" (Score:5, Funny)
but I know it my heart it should be "Colbert."
Is this the Frances Ford Cupola? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I want a room with a view (Score:5, Funny)
Seals are so heavy, They would have saved a bunch of weight by using sea otters holding hands.
grammatically challenged scientists announce (Score:5, Funny)
Re:www.esa.int (Score:2, Funny)
Quick! Somebody snatch short.int, long.int, and long.long.int.
Re:Is this the Frances Ford Cupola? (Score:4, 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.