. >> felix pellegrino's dad works and came up with the idea.nd got the space agency on board. >> they put it in this side of the air lock. >> joe pellegrino thinks this will inspire students to explore the final frontier. >> you're on a recruiting mission? >> absolutely. we need american engineers and scientists. >> building a satellite, even a small one like this, doesn't come cheap. it costs about $50,000. and the school and students had to raise every penny. >> reporter: the school and students are waiting for it to be deployed to the space station next month. to find out if the camera works. >> we did it. and we accomplished something big. >> reporter: it's a lesson that stretches these students' imagination into the far reaches of the universe. mark albert, cbs news, arlington, virginia. >> $50,000 actually sounds space-related. now, the exact day the assignment will be deployed, hasn't been set yet. any school can purchase the equipment needed to download the pictures. >> the software translates radio signals into images. it's the same te