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Does anyone know what's the small white square gadget with two black buttons on the right hand side of the hatch frame in this video on the second 2185 (36:25 minutes)?

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I've been looking everywhere but I can't get a clearer image or information about it, and it seems to be next to almost every hatch of the ISS.

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    $\begingroup$ That's the call button for the space elevator. $\endgroup$
    – Mark
    May 22, 2021 at 0:10

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I'll try and find a better picture, but it's the light switch.

Labeled GENERAL LIGHTING, buttons ON and OFF

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Cropped from https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/s130e007774/s130e007774~orig.jpg

The best picture I could find is cropped from https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/images/recherche/hi-res/7ca21bfc-2a90-4dd9-9e22-a3b13d323a18.jpg

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I could find no documentation about it on NASA websites :( I did find this info in the International Space Station Expedition Crew Training Notebook (personal copy)

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    $\begingroup$ Is there a new, separate control for "General Lighting Color" as well? Is the new RGB solid state LED lighting on the ISS ever used to produce colors other than white? remains unanswered. $\endgroup$
    – uhoh
    May 22, 2021 at 1:03
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    $\begingroup$ @uhoh ¯_(ツ)_/¯ $\endgroup$
    – Organic Marble
    May 22, 2021 at 1:04
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    $\begingroup$ I love that NASA feels their best and brightest might need to have it explained to them how a light switch works. 😂 $\endgroup$
    – Darren
    May 23, 2021 at 8:51
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    $\begingroup$ Maybe that button needs to be pressed harder than a home light switch, and the italicised "Firmly" was added after the Best and Brightest had to be told "try again but harder this time" $\endgroup$
    – Robyn
    May 23, 2021 at 11:01
  • $\begingroup$ Is that a common light switch layout in the US? Or is it something NASA had made for the ISS specifically? $\endgroup$
    – Sixtyfive
    May 23, 2021 at 11:12

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