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Astronaut Christina Koch works inside Japan’s Kibo laboratory module

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Nov 21, 2019
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Astronaut Christina Koch works inside Japan's Kibo laboratory module
NASA astronaut Christina Koch works inside Japan's Kibo laboratory module setting up a small satellite deployer loaded with three CubeSats developed by the nations of Japan, Rwanda and Egypt.

iss061e048840 (Nov. 19, 2019) — NASA astronaut Christina Koch works inside Japan’s Kibo laboratory module setting up a small satellite deployer loaded with three CubeSats developed by the nations of Japan, Rwanda and Egypt. The deployer was placed inside Kibo’s airlock before the Japanese robotic arm grappled it and moved it outside Kibo where it would eject all three CubeSats into Earth orbit.