Talk:Cupola (ISS module)

Kevlar/Nextel
I am removing the link for Nextel under Kevlar/Nextel for construction materials of the Cupola. There is currently no link available on Wikipedia for Nextel the Ceramic Fabric ( http://www.3m.com/market/industrial/ceramics/pdfs/CeramicFabric.pdf ), and the current Nextel link is for the now defunct phone company. Erpbridge (talk) 03:37, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Orbital view?
Can someone with that capability add a view from Cupola on orbit?

For example: http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-22/html/iss022e066972.html

Artlav (talk) 17:29, 17 February 2010 (UTC)


 * The high resolution image below at the right is now at Wikimedia Commons. The lower resolution cropped version with slightly different view was already there. I also added Commons category to the external links. -84user (talk) 20:17, 17 February 2010 (UTC) I replaced the article's existing image with the one losslessly cropped to show all windows. Here is the original and all the available crops. -84user (talk) 21:34, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

I recommend this one http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-130/hires/s130e010355.jpg http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-130/html/s130e010355.html --Craigboy (talk) 07:45, 1 March 2010 (UTC)


 * That one is now available on Commons here: File:STS-130 Soichi Noguchi photographs through Cupola.jpg, now thumbnailed to the right of your message. -84user (talk) 00:23, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

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Name
>Its name derives from the Italian word cupola, which means "dome"

Cupola seems to be a perfectly standard English word as well, and "derived" is a stretch for an unchanged word. Is this sentence necessary?

96.54.135.148 (talk) 18:32, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Side view to show passive common berthing mechanism
It seems to attach to an Active Common Berthing Mechanism, so it should have a passive CBM - is that the 'skirt' ? A side view or diagram would be nice to see how the cupola interior space relates to the node it is attached to. - Rod57 (talk) 16:36, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
 * - What is the cupola has a diagram that partly covers this. - Rod57 (talk) 19:12, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

Details on the window layers materials thickness please
How thick and heavy are the windows ? Are the side ones the same layer structure as the centre circle ? What layers and thicknesses ? The windows are showing chips and scratches - what are the interior and exterior materials ? - Rod57 (talk) 10:54, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
 * ... found What is the cupola ? saying there are two 25mm pressure panes (the outer as a backup for the inner), and an outer debris pane to protect the outer pressure pane, and an inner scratch pane. Designed for 10 year in orbit life and the in-orbit replacement of individual panes in a window (using an external pressure cover - installed in an EVA) so it seems panes can be removed from the inside. Not sure if there are spare panes already in the ISS. - Rod57 (talk) 19:10, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

What did it cost
It was bartered for access to ISS - but what were NASA and ESA cost estimates to build it ? There must have been some estimates before ESA agreed to build it. ... have found and noted that Tranquility+Cupola cost 'nearly $409m' - Rod57 (talk) 11:38, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

How is viewing time allocated or available?
I have always wondered how access time to the cupola is apportioned/allocated/scheduled. Is there a signup sheet, or first-come-first-served, or a fixed time/amount each day for each crew member, are there weekly meetings on earth or aboard to make a schedule, or what? I hope someone knows this and can add to the article; I would if I knew. Dr.gregory.retzlaff (talk) 05:34, 1 November 2023 (UTC)