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Two CubeSats, one silver and one with a red face, are ejected from the International Space Station (bottom left) into the blackness of space.

CubeSats’ Missions Begin

A pair of CubeSats designed by college students from around the world is deployed into Earth orbit from a small satellite orbital deployer on the outside of the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module. Students from Mexico, Italy, Thailand, Malaysia, and Japan designed the shoe-boxed sized satellites for a series of Earth observations and technology demonstrations.

Image Credit: NASA/Chris Williams

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