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NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Don Pettit, both Expedition 72 Flight Engineers, extract the NanoRacks External Platform from the Kibo laboratory module's airlock aboard the International Space Station. The commercial research platform housed three different electrical and optical experiments that tested operations while exposed to the vacuum of space.

NASA astronauts Don Pettit and Nichole Ayers work on the NanoRacks External Platform

iss072e861721 (March 28, 2025) --- NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Don Pettit, both Expedition 72 Flight Engineers, extract the NanoRacks External Platform from the Kibo laboratory module's airlock aboard the International Space Station. The commercial research platform housed three different electrical and optical experiments that tested operations while exposed to the vacuum of space.

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TakenMarch 28, 2025
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