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\h        Music.

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\h        Thanks to space shuttle Endeavour and the STS-130 astronaut crew,

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\h        residents of the International Space Station now have a view of home like never before.

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\h        Endeavour delivered the Italian-built Tranquility node -- and a large bay window,

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\h        the cupola -- adding 2,600 cubic feet and a magnificent panorama of the Earth below.

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\h        Allard Beutel/STS-130 Launch     
    Commentator: Nine... eight... seven... six...

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\h         five... we have full main engine start... two... one... zero...

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\h        booster ignition.... and liftoff of shuttle Endeavour with NASA's final space station crew

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\h        compartment to bring the bay window view to our celestial backyard.

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\h        Like a rising sun, Endeavour's spectacular     
    February 8 launch cut through the early

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\h         morning darkness and bathed Central Florida in light.

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\h        The shuttle and its crew of six astronauts rocketed away from Kennedy Space Center's

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\h        Launch Pad 39A at 4:14 a.m. Eastern time, beginning a two-day chase of the space station.

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\h        On board were Commander George Zamka, Pilot Terry Virts, and Mission Specialists Nicholas Patrick,

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\h        Bob Behnken, Steve Robinson and Kay Hire.

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\h        The astronauts spent their first full day in orbit inspecting Endeavour's thermal protection     
    system,

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\h        to make sure it was ready for docking.

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\h        Once Endeavour caught up with the station, Zamka guided the orbiter through a nine-minute backflip...

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\h        then connected the two spacecraft as they sailed 215 miles above Earth's surface off the western coast of Portugal.

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\h        Crew members: Hey, T.J. How you doing? Good to see you.  Pretty good.

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\h        The arriving STS-130 crew joined the five Expedition 22 crew members to take on the mission's

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\h        main objectives -- installing Tranquility and the cupola.

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\h        First, Hire and Virts used the station's robotic arm -- Canadarm2 -- to move Tranquility from Endeavour's

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\h        payload bay to its new home on the left side of the station's Unity node.

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\h        Then, Behnken and Patrick ventured outside the complex to hook up power and utilities.

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\h        The astronauts spent several days setting up shop inside the new crew compartment.

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\h        And Behnken and Patrick connected coolant lines and added hand rails outside during the mission's second spacewalk.

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\h        With Tranquility in place, it was time to move the cupola to its permanent home and open the windows.

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\h        Behnken and Patrick went outside once more, this time to remove insulation and bolts that

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\h        had held the cupola's shutters in place during launch.

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\h        Finally, Virts opened the cupola's seven windows for the first time -- and let the Earth shine in.

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\h        Crew members: 360 degrees. It's amazing.

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\h        The astronauts completed several other tasks during the mission -- moving Pressurized Mating

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\h        Adapter 3 and the Dextre robotic arm to new locations, boosting the station's altitude,

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\h        and delivering a variety of supplies, equipment and experiments.

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\h        The crew spent an extra day in orbit putting the finishing touches on Tranquility --

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\h        and taking a phone call from President Barack Obama, and his guests, a dozen middle-school students.

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\h        President Barack Obama: Well, it's great to talk to you guys.

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\h        I wanted to first of all just say that we've got a bunch of very excited young people here with us.

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\h        Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station after nearly 10 days together,

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\h        and the STS-130 crew turned its attention to the trip home.

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\h        Endeavour and crew glided to a perfect landing February 21 on Kennedy's Runway 15,

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\h        touching down on the first opportunity and wrapping up a 5.7-million-mile,

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\h        14-day mission to give the station -- and its residents -- a new room with a view.

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\h        George Zamka/STS-130 Commander: Houston, Endeavour. Wheelstop.