# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BUXFyIIhZlZ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11735987-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2017-05-21T16:17:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Backdropped by the limb of the Earth, a trio of CubeSats are seen moments after being ejected from a small satellite deployer outside of the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module on Wednesday, May 16, 2017. The tiny shoebox-sized satellites will orbit Earth observing the Earth’s upper atmosphere and interstellar radiation left over from the Big Bang. Over a dozen CubeSats were ejected into Earth orbit this week outside the Kibo module to study Earth and space phenomena for the next one to two years.

Image Credit: NASA
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