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Forum: ESA - JAXA - China - International
Topic: JAXA's H-II Transfer Vehicle Kounotori-3

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 07-27-2012 07:40 AM <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="+0">[b]Japan's HTV Kounotori-3 grappled by station arm[/b]</font> Using the International Space Station's (ISS) Canadarm2 robotic arm, ISS Expedition 32 flight engineer Joe Acaba of NASA captured the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) H-II Transfer Vehicle Kounotori-3 at 7:23 a.m. CDT (1223 GMT) on Friday (July 27). Acaba handed off control of the arm to JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide, who then used it to attach Kounotori-3 to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module. The berthing was achieved at 9:34 a.m. CDT (1434 GMT). The Japanese ship, which name means "white stork" — because it is emblematic of an important delivery — is loaded with about 7,000 pounds (3,175 kilograms) of equipment, supplies and experiments in a pressurized cargo compartment along with more than 1,000 pounds (450 kilograms) of unpressurized experiments.</BLOCKQUOTE>
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