iss053e225398 (11/20/2017) --- A view of the Asteria Satellite moments after deployment from the International Space Station (ISS). The Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research in Astrophysics (ASTERIA) is a six-unit (6U) CubeSat deployed from the ISS that tests new technologies for astronomical observation, such as the detection of planets outside our solar system (a.k.a., exoplanets).
Date November 20, 2017