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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

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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










Photo credit: NASA

 

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