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Japan launches HTV-4 space station cargo ship with talking robot aboard [i]A Japanese cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station to deliver science experiments, spare parts and a conversational "crewmate" of the robot kind. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) fourth unmanned H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) launched Saturday (Aug. 3) on six-day journey to the space station. The HTV, referred to as "Kounotori," Japanese for white stork, lifted off atop an H-IIB rocket from Japan's Tanegashima Space Center at 2:48 p.m. CDT (1948 GMT, 4:48 a.m. Japanese time, Aug. 4). The 33-foot-long by 14.4-foot-wide (10 by 4.4 meter) cargo craft is scheduled to arrive at the space station on Friday (Aug. 9), where the outpost's crew will use the station's robotic arm to reach out and capture the 12-ton spacecraft and berth it to the Harmony module's Earth-facing port.[/i]
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