HTV-6 Mission ends with Fiery Re-Entry after troubled Tether Experiment
Japan’s HTV-6 cargo spacecraft closed out an eight-week mission on Sunday with a fiery re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.
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HTV-6 Cargo Craft Departs ISS for Week-Long Tether Experiment
The HTV-6 Cargo Spacecraft departed the International Space Station on Friday after a six-week stay, facilitating an extremely busy cargo mission, inside and on the exterior of the orbiting complex.
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Photos: HTV Cargo Craft arrives at ISS
Japan’s sixth H-II Transfer Vehicle arrives at the International Space Station on December 13, 2016 after a flawless four-day flight to deliver nearly six metric tons of critical cargo to the Space Station including a new set of batteries to overhaul the station’s power system.
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Japanese HTV-6 Resupply Craft arrives at Space Station for critical Cargo Delivery
Japan’s H-II Transfer Vehicle arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday for an out-of-this-world cargo delivery to the orbiting laboratory including the first batch of new batteries that will overhaul the ISS power system for the Station’s next decade of operations.
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HTV-6 Cargo Craft on Course to Space Station with fresh Cargo & new Batteries
Japan’s HTV-6 spacecraft, launched atop an H-IIB rocket on Friday, is inbound to the International Space Station for a robotic capture on Tuesday to mark the start of a 60-day stay for the delivery of important cargo including the first batch of batteries to revamp the ISS power system.
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HTV-6 Cargo Resupply Craft arrives in Orbit after thunderous Nighttime Liftoff from Japan
Japan’s H-IIB heavy-lift rocket arced into the night skies over Tanegashima Island on Friday, carrying into orbit the sixth H-II Transfer Vehicle on a critical supply run to the International Space Station and its six crew members.
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Video: H-IIB Rocket Blasts off with HTV-6 Cargo Spacecraft
Japan’s H-IIB heavy-lift rocket arced into the night skies over Tanegashima Island on Friday, carrying into orbit the sixth H-II Transfer Vehicle on a critical supply run to the International Space Station and its six crew members.
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Japanese HTV Cargo Craft ready to sail into Orbit atop H-IIB Rocket
Japan’s H-II Transport Vehicle is poised for liftoff from the picturesque Tanegashima Space Center on Friday to begin a four-day link-up with the International Space Station to deliver nearly six metric tons of cargo to the orbiting outpost including a set of six new batteries that will revamp the Station’s power system and replace a dozen aging battery units.
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Photos: H-IIB Launch Vehicle Assembly for HTV-6 Mission
Japan’s heavy-lift H-IIB launch vehicle takes shape at the Tanegashima Space Center for the launch of the sixth H-II Transfer Vehicle on a cargo-delivery mission to the International Space Station.
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Photos: HTV-6 ready for Cargo Delivery to International Space Station
The HTV-6 spacecraft completes its final assembly steps prior to being shipped to meet its H-IIB rocket ahead of a December 2016 liftoff on a cargo-delivery mission to the International Space Station.
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Photos: External Payload Preparation for HTV-6 Cargo Mission to ISS
Specialists integrate the Exposed Pallet of the Unpressurized Logistics Carrier of the HTV-6 spacecraft that will become the first of four HTV mission to deliver new Li-Ion battery Orbital Replacement Units to the International Space Station.
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Photos: HTV-6 Payload Processing
Specialists prepare the payloads to be loaded into the Japanese HTV-6 cargo spacecraft, comprising large payload racks filled with cargo and water containers set for a ride to the International Space Station aboard the resupply craft.
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Videos: HTV-6 Spacecraft Processing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntPcdM-Utfg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcZP_fYI3Bg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwUWM68kqY4
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