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CubeSats fly free after leaving the NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer on the International Space Station. Seen here are the MinXSS and CADRE satellites. MinXSS is a science investigation from the University of Colorado Boulder, and the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics to study solar flares, active regions, the quiescent sun, and their impact on Earth’s upper atmosphere. CADRE is a space weather investigation from the University of Michigan that will improve our understanding of the dynamics of the upper layers of our atmosphere.