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Astronauts celebrate new 'window on the world'

China Daily | Updated: 2010-02-18 07:02

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: In a highly anticipated grand finale to their mission, astronauts opened the shutters on the International Space Station's new observation deck Wednesday and were humbled by "absolutely spectacular" views of Earth from inside the elaborate atrium of windows.

The $27 million lookout opened each of its seven eyes one window at a time as the crews of the station and shuttle Endeavour carried out their third and final spacewalk.

It was the moment everyone had been waiting for: The round central window - the largest ever flown in space - was the first exposed as astronauts inside cranked open the shutter as they sailed 350 kilometers above the South Pacific.

Astronauts celebrate new 'window on the world'

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