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Video: Moon and Everest Rocks Installed on ISS

By Keith Cowing on February 19, 2010 8:52 AM

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"A ribbon-cutting ceremony with Endeavour commander George Zamka and station commander Jeff Williams to celebrate the arrival of Tranquility and its seven-windowed cupola on the International Space Station includes the placement on permanent display in the node of a rock brought back from the moon's Tranquility Base by Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in 1969, and carried by shuttle astronaut Scott Parazynski to the summit of Mt. Everest in 2009."

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Andy | February 19, 2010 8:58 AM | Reply

Gee, I hope the installation isn't permanent permanent! Hate to see those rocks end up at the bottom of the South Pacific in a few years!

Ben the Space Brit | February 19, 2010 9:25 AM | Reply

Damn. You have no idea how badly I want to be on that tin can and looking out that window. I guess I'm one of the dreamers that cause pragmatists so much trouble, but I can't help but admit that the idea that something as complex as the ISS is now approaching completion is a vindication of the idea that dreams can come true, if you dare to try.

NASA Artist | February 19, 2010 9:30 AM | Reply

I hope someone up there has a really nice fisheye lens attached to a really nice camera. I'd love to see a Cubic VR or of the view.

Wouarnud | February 19, 2010 5:28 PM | Reply

Well, that kind of event has a serious cool factor. I have a growing feeling ISS is getting in its stride now. I believe it will eventually become a success story, even more in the age of Web 2.0.

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