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		Rocket: H-2B Payload: H-2 Transfer Vehicle Date: September 10, 2009 Window: 1701 GMT (1:01 p.m. EDT) Site: Launch Pad 2, Yoshinobu Launch Complex, Tanegashima, Japan Mission Status Center Preview story Launch story Tanegashima sunset Launch events timeline Ground track map Rendezvous preview story Station arrival story Station departure story HTV mission ends HTV events timeline

Japan's new resupply ship reaches the International Space Station

The Expedition crew living and working aboard the International Space Station took these dramatic photos of the Japanese cargo freighter arriving at the outpost for capture by the Canadian-built robotic arm.

Photo credit: NASA

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