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The Cupola

Astronaut Terry Virts reflects on the experience of viewing Earth from the Cupola, a seven-windowed observatory module on the International Space Station. The Cupola has been praised by the New York Times for changing perspectives on Earth and allows astronauts worldwide to observe the planet.

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