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International Space Station gets new observation deck

February 15, 2010

Astronauts have successfully installed an extension to the International Space Station in a series of spacewalks.

Installation of Tranquility and the cupola, both supplied by the European Space Agency, marks the end of major construction of the ISS, an international effort that first began in 1998.

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