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[b]Japan's HTV Kounotori-3 departs space station[/b] Robotic arm operators Aki Hoshide and Joe Acaba, both Expedition 32 flight engineers, commanded Canadarm2 to release the HTV-3 at 10:50 a.m. CDT (1550 GMT) Wednesday (Sept. 12). The Japanese cargo craft, filled with trash, will re-enter Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean for a fiery disposal. Hoshide and Acaba earlier commanded the Canadarm2 to grapple and unberth the HTV-3 from the Harmony node. Unberthing from the Earth-facing port of Harmony occurred at 6:50 a.m. CDT (1150 GMT). The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the HTV-3 from the Tanegashima Space Center on July 20. The cargo craft arrived at the International Space Station on July 27.
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