iss050e031664 (1/16/2017) --- Photo documentation of the Japanese-Small Satellite Orbital Deployer-6 (J-SSOD-6) deployment of the TuPOD Cubesat. TuPOD is a 3Unit micro-satellite that is entirely a 3D printed structure designed to launch the first Tubesats into space. The mission of TuPOD is to confirm that satellite deployment is feasible from CubeSat.
Photographer Peggy Whitson
Date January 16, 2017