Japanese Cargo Ship Heads for the International Space Station

A Japanese H-IIB (H-2-B) rocket launched from the Tanegashima (pron: Tan-uh-GOSH'-ih-mah) Space Center in southern Japan on Jan. xx, 2011, to place the "Kounotori" (pron: Kah-no-TORR'-ee) HTV2 cargo ship into orbit for a rendezvous with the International Space Station. The HTV2 is loaded with almost 5 tons of supplies and spare parts for the station. Upon its arrival, it will be grappled by the station's robotic arm and attached to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module, from where its cargo will be transferred to the orbital complex.

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• JAXA
• HTV2
• Launch

[THE16THPHANTOM]

i prefer watching this instead of football.

[Totenkopf6]

More people need to be interested in space.

[Craigthepope]

Their countdown sounds so much cuter than ours.

[kbent88]

ill be there in 2 years!

Launching GPM with JAXA

[johnsoncuiChina]

@jukio02 sure can ! people who study computer programming can find jobs everywhere~

[iceflamesburn]

@DeviantDigi Japanese do not eat dog the Chinese Do

[DeviantDigi]

I bet it is filled with dogmeat and hello kitty memorabilia

[geargemartin]

@megamarsvin heh,heh.

[megamarsvin]

@geargemartin Hey we don't believe in no-win scenarios ;)

[azezel2311]

@Totenkopf6 understanding the resources that space can offer is going to be the key in bringing the population around. Once they understand there is water, we can grow food on these other worlds and there are nuclear based energy resources there that could allow us to expand the caring capacity of our economy as well as bond our way out of our debts like what the european nations did during the age of new world exploration. Nasa for some reason doesn't like to post mineral surveys.

[geargemartin]

Later, near the neutral zone, the ship sent a distress single. The Federation Star Ship Enterprise while attempting a rescue mission was attacked by two Klingon Battlecruisers. Both the Japanese cargo ship and the Enterprise was destroyed. A no win scenario...Sigh.