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    Japan’s Kounotori Spaceship Attached to Station

    Sept. 27, 2018: International Space Station Configuration

    Ground controllers successfully installed the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Kounotori 7 H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-7) to the International Space Station’s Earth-facing port of the Harmony module at 10:09 a.m. EDT. The spacecraft’s arrival supports the crew members’ research off the Earth to benefit the Earth. The cargo spacecraft began its trip on an H-IIB rocket …

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    U.S. Astronauts Capture Japanese Spaceship Loaded With Cargo

    Japanese Cargo Ship Captured By Canadian Robotic Arm

    Using the International Space Station’s robotic arm, Canadarm2, Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel and Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA grappled the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kounotori H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-7) at 7:34 a.m. EDT and successfully completed the capture at 7:36 a.m. At the time of capture, the space station and cargo spacecraft were flying 250 miles above …

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    NASA TV to Broadcast Arrival of Seventh Japanese Spaceship to Station

    Japan’s third resupply ship, the H-II Transfer Vehicle-3

    The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) cargo spacecraft that launched at 1:52 p.m. EDT Sept. 22 (2:52 a.m. Sept. 23 Japan standard time) from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan is set to arrive at the International Space Station early tomorrow morning. Beginning Thursday at 6:30 a.m., NASA will provide live coverage of the …

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    Japanese Ship Arrives Thursday; U.S., Russian Crew Leaving Next Week

    Commander Drew Feustel

    The Expedition 56 crew aboard the International Space Station awaits the arrival of new science experiments and crew supplies Thursday morning. One week later, three crew members will return to Earth after 197 days in space. Japan’s H-II Transfer Vehicle-7 (HTV-7), also known as the “Kounotori,” is nearing the station and headed for a Thursday …

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    Commander Leads Japanese, Russian Spaceship Preps and BEAM Checks

    Expedition 55/56 crew members inside BEAM

    The Expedition 56 crew is ramping for a busy traffic period at the International Space Station during the next couple of weeks. This all comes as the orbital residents ensure BEAM’s operational life and continue ongoing microgravity science. Japan’s seventh “Kounotori” resupply ship is nearing the orbital complex and closing in for a Thursday morning …

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    Japan Delivery Due Thursday as Trio Preps Russian Spacecraft for Return

    The International Space Station orbits above New Zealand.

    A Japanese cargo craft is orbiting Earth today and on its way to resupply the International Space Station. Meanwhile, the six Expedition 56 crew members are researching a variety of space phenomena as a trio prepares to return to Earth. JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) resupply ship launched Saturday from Japan loaded with over five …

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    Japanese Rocket Blasts Off to Resupply Station

    A Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency rocket carrying the HTV-7 resupply ship blasts off at 12:52 p.m. CDT on Sept. 22.

    The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)’s H-IIB rocket launched at 1:52 p.m. EDT on Saturday, Sept. 22 (2:52 a.m. Sept. 23 Japan standard time) from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. At the time of launch, the space station was 254 miles over the southwest Pacific, west of Chile. A little more than 15 …

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    Japanese Cargo Mission Set For Launch Today

    Japan's HTV-5 resupply ship

    The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is scheduled to launch a cargo spacecraft from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan today at 1:52 p.m. EDT (2:52 a.m. Sept. 23 Japan standard time). Live coverage of the launch will begin at 1:30 p.m. on NASA Television and the agency’s website. The unpiloted H-II Transfer Vehicle-7 (HTV-7) is …

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    Launch Slips One Day as Station Boosts Orbit and Life Science Continues

    Japan's HTV-3 resupply ship launches aboard an H-IIB rocket

    The launch of a Japanese resupply ship to the International Space Station was postponed till Saturday. Meanwhile, the Expedition 56 crew moved on with critical space research and orbital lab maintenance. Inclement weather at the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan led managers at JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) to postpone the launch of its HTV-7 …

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    Japan Postpones Rocket Launch to Saturday

    Japan's H-IIB rocket is pictured at the launch pad

    As a result of inclement weather, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has postponed the launch of a cargo spacecraft from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan one day to approximately 1:52 p.m. EDT Saturday, Sept. 22 (2:52 a.m. Sept. 23 Japan standard time). Live coverage of the launch will begin at 1:30 p.m. …

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