Cosmonauts deploy new satellite at International Space Station

Two space station crewmembers took a spacewalk Monday. Russians Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemiev ventured out to deploy a tiny Peruvian research satellite, install fresh science experiments and retrieve old ones. The nanosatellite is just four inches square and barely two pounds. It holds cameras that will aim at Earth. It's a technological learning experience for the National University of Engineering in Lima. The satellite is named Chasqui after the Inca messengers who were fleet of foot. More

(Source: Bay News 9 - Aug 19)