ISS038-E-040103 (30 Jan. 2014) --- 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.
Photographer Koichi Wakata
Date January 30, 2014