Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 6.01.2014 . ... Credit Copyright: Expedition 38 Crew , NASA Explanation: Cubes are orbiting the Earth. ... Pictured above , three CubeSats were released from the International Space Station (ISS) last November by the arm of the Japan ese Kibo Laboratory module. ... Depending on the exact height of their release, CubeSats will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere on the time scale of months to years. ... Publications with keywords: ISS . Publications with words: ISS . ...