‘AAUSAT5 CubeSat mission from the International Space Station’ is the pilot project of the ‘ Fly Your Satellite from the ISS!’ programme, an extension of the ESA Education ‘Fly Your Satellite!’ CubeSats programme. AAUSAT5 was built by a team of students from Aalborg University (Denmark), supervised by their professors, and was selected by the ESA Education Office and by the ESA Human Spaceflight and Operations (HSO) Directorate for an educational CubeSat flight opportunity created in conjunction with the mission to the ISS of the first ESA Danish astronaut, Andreas Mogensen. The support offered by the ESA Education Office included supervision from ESA specialists, access to test facilities, and sponsoring students’ travel for the key events of the testing campaign and for the satellite delivery to the USA.