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A Window on the Earth:
Earth Sciences from the International Space Station and
The Window Observational Research Facility (WORF)

A centerpiece of Earth Science research on the International Space Station will be an optical quality window and a special facility surrounding the window for attaching sensors (cameras, multispectral scanners, and other instruments). The Window Observational Research Facility (WORF) will be available for scientific and commercial payloads.

As a service to the scientific community, the Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Group at the Johnson Space Center will keep information about the window updated on this page. Keep watching for more information.

	A still image captured from video taken from the attached Space Shuttle showing the U.S. Laboratory Destiny and the position of the WORF window port (arrow). The video was captured by Space Shuttle remote cameras on February 15, 2001 while Space Shuttle Atlantis was still docked.
	A close-up of the U.S. Laboratory Destiny showing the WORF window port (arrow). The external cover of the port is currently closed to protect the window. The frame was captured from Space Shuttle remote video cameras on February 15, 2001 while Space Shuttle Atlantis was still docked.
	Russian Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev looks out the new optical quality window on the U.S. Laboratory Destiny on February 12, 2001.
	A video tour of the newly connected U.S. Laboratory Destiny and its optical quality Earth Observations window, given by International Space Station Commander and U.S. Astronaut Bill Shepherd. The video was recorded on February 15, 2001.

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A Window on the Earth: Earth Sciences from the International Space Station and The Window Observational Research Facility (WORF)

A Window on the Earth:
Earth Sciences from the International Space Station and
The Window Observational Research Facility (WORF)