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Iss: the Alenia Spazio Cupola module is ready
Turin, Italy - It's been delivered yesterday to ESA: it is equipped by 7 windows that will concur of having a good external environment visibility
Yesterday the Alenia Spazio has delivered to ESA, European Space Agency, during a ceremony kept in Turin, the Cupola module (see news AVIONEWS) for the International Space Station (Iss): it would be a structure knit of aluminum, approximately 2 meters of diameter and 1,5 meters of height, with 7 windows of glass (an absolute innovation) that it can accommodate two astronauts without need of space suits...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency