Here ’s the first eyeshot from the openCupola , the huge windowpane installed in Tranquility . And yes , it looks like the view from Darth Vader ’s garret in the Death Star , command Tatooine . Update : Multiple HD shot inwardly .
https://gizmodo.com/the-last-nighttime-launch-of-the-space-shuttle-5466564
Cupola was installed in the new module recently attached to the International Space Station by the Endeavour crew , and has now be opened for the first metre . And the view in reality is Tatooine : This is the Sahara desert , where Luke ’s home satellite picture were filmed . [ Thanks John Benac — ISS Logistics Engineer at Boeing — for the snap , and Gonzalo Oxenford for the headland up ]
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