From left, Charlie Friedericks and Giovanni Minelli with the NASA's Ames Research Center; inspect the Ames-managed O/OREOS nana satellite at Kodiak Launch Complex on Kodiak Island, Alaska. in advance of the satellite's planned launch into orbit. Image credit: U.S. Air Force/Lou Hernandez

A Minotaur IV rocket, carrying NASA's Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses (O/OREOS) nano satellite launches from the Alaska Aerospace Corporation's Kodiak Launch Complex on Nov. 19, 2010. Image credit: NASA/Matthew Daniels

From left, Giovanni Minelli with the NASA's Ames Research Center; Center: Kitty Sedam with Aerospace Corp.; and Charlie Friedericks with Ames inspect the packing list and instructions for the Ames-managed O/OREOS and NanoSail-D from NASA's Marshall Space Flgith Center nano satellites at Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska . Image credit: U.S. Air Force/Lou Hernandez