Stock Photo - Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer, prepares to install a Cubesat deployer, also known as the Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (SSOD), inside the airlock in the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory. The SSOD is scheduled to release a set of six tiny satellites known as NanoRacks Cubesats on Feb. 6. The Cubesats were delivered Jan. 12 aboard Orbital Sciences' Cygnus commercial cargo craft.

Stock Photo: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer, prepares to install a Cubesat deployer.

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