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ISS get a better view of the Earth
Thursday, 07 April 2011 12:59
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The crew of the International Space Station ISS has recently improved their vision of the Earth beneath them, with the preparation of the WORF instrument on the Destiny laboratory on ISS
Like a human who just went through laser vision correction, the International Space Station (ISS) recently got a clearer view of our world. That improved view is opening up new vistas for students in American classrooms. The Window Observational Research Facility (WORF) was delivered to the ISS in April 2010 on the STS-131 mission of Space Shuttle Discovery. It was installed and prepped on the Destiny Laboratory over the past year, and includes the highest quality optics ever flown on a human-occupied spacecraft.
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