page_title: Expedition 33
section_title: Crew
hierarchical_section_title: Expedition 33 / Crew
caption_attribution_description: English: Several tiny CubeSat satellites are shown in this image photographed by an Expedition 33 crew member on the International Space Station on 4 October 2012. The satellites were released outside the Kibo laboratory using a Small Satellite Orbital Deployer attached to the Japanese module's robotic arm. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, flight engineer, set up the satellite deployment gear inside the laboratory and placed it in the Kibo airlock. The Japanese robotic arm then grappled the deployment system and its satellites from the airlock for deployment. A portion of the station's solar array panels and a blue and white part of the earth provide the backdrop for the scene.
context_page_description: Expedition 33 was the 33rd long-duration expedition to the International Space Station. It began on 16 September 2012 with the departure from the ISS of the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft, which returned the Expedition 32 crew to Earth.
context_section_description: Source
  NASA
caption: CubeSats launched by Expedition 33 crew on 4 October 2012.
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