Others at mission control shared similar sentiments. Dempsey said the cupola conjured up images of the spacecraft in the famed Star Wars movies.

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They seem to be reaching toward the sky there, but not reaching toward the sky as in the cupola of a Baroque church where you're supposed to see God at the top.

而且这些建筑看上去都高耸入云,不过不像巴洛克式教堂高耸的塔楼那样,往顶上看时,你应该会看到雕刻着的上帝

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This is Africa's Sahara Desert, as seen from the International Space Station's new seven-windowed cupola.

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NASA says more panoramic pictures from inside the cupola should be available this week.

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(Speaking) Spacewalkers bolted the cupola to its permanent Earth-facing position earlier this week.

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"Astronauts who are accustomed to views that you and I cannot really describe were moved to tears when they looked out the windows of the cupola for the first time tonight."

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