File:STS-130 exhaust cloud engulfs Launch Pad 39A.jpg
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An <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Exhaust" title="Category:Exhaust">exhaust</a> cloud engulfs Launch Pad 39A at <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA's</a> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Category:Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy Space Centre</a> in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> as <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Space_Shuttle_Endeavour" title="Category:Space Shuttle Endeavour">space shuttle Endeavour</a> lifts off into the night sky. The primary payload for the STS-130 mission to the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a> is the Tranquility node, a pressurized module that will provide additional room for crew members and many of the station's life support and environmental control systems. Attached to one end of Tranquility is a <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Domes" title="Category:Domes">cupola</a>, a unique work area with six windows on its sides and one on top. The cupola resembles a circular bay <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Window" title="Window">window</a> and will provide a vastly improved view of the station's exterior. The multi-directional view will allow the crew to monitor space-walks and docking operations, as well as provide a spectacular view of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> and other celestial objects. The module was built in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Torino" title="Torino">Turin</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Italy">Italy</a>, by Thales Alenia Space for the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/European_Space_Agency" title="European Space Agency">European Space Agency</a>.
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| current | 04:28, 13 January 2017 | | 3,000 × 1,996 (932 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | An <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Exhaust" title="Category:Exhaust">exhaust</a> cloud engulfs Launch Pad 39A at <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA's</a> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Category:Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy Space Centre</a> in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> as <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Space_Shuttle_Endeavour" title="Category:Space Shuttle Endeavour">space shuttle Endeavour</a> lifts off into the night sky. The primary payload for the STS-130 mission to the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a> is the Tranquility node, a pressurized module that will provide additional room for crew members and many of the station's life support and environmental control systems. Attached to one end of Tranquility is a <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Domes" title="Category:Domes">cupola</a>, a unique work area with six windows on its sides and one on top. The cupola resembles a circular bay <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Window" title="Window">window</a> and will provide a vastly improved view of the station's exterior. The multi-directional view will allow the crew to monitor space-walks and docking operations, as well as provide a spectacular view of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> and other celestial objects. The module was built in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Torino" title="Torino">Turin</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Italy">Italy</a>, by Thales Alenia Space for the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/European_Space_Agency" title="European Space Agency">European Space Agency</a>. |
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