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[b]Kounotori-4 released from space station[/b] The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) H-II Transfer Vehicle-4 (HTV-4) was released from the International Space Station on Wednesday (Sept. 4) at 11:20 a.m. CDT (1620 GMT), completing its one-month stay at the orbiting outpost. ISS Expedition 36 flight engineer Karen Nyberg, operating from the station's cupola robotics workstation, used the Canadarm2 to release the cargo craft. Ground controllers at Mission Control, Houston earlier unberthed the HTV-4 from the Earth-facing port of the Harmony node at 7:07 a.m. CDT (1207 GMT). HTV-4 is now maneuvering to a safe distance away from the station where it will be commanded by Japanese flight controllers to deorbit on Saturday (Sept. 7). The craft, now loaded with trash, will burn up as it reenters the Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.
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