Uploaded December 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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NASA’s two Nodes small satellites hitched a ride to the International Space Station on the fourth Orbital ATK cargo mission, which launched on Dec. 6. Once aboard the station, the satellites will be deployed into low-Earth orbit in early 2016 to test out the potential for using multiple, small, low-cost satellites to perform complex science missions.

For more information about NASA's Ames Research Center, please visit: nasa.gov/ames