H-II Transfer Vehicle

The H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), built and developed in Japan, is an unmanned cargo transfer spacecraft that will deliver supplies to the International Space Station (ISS).
The HTV will be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center aboard an H-IIB launch vehicle with up to 6,000kg of supplies. When the HTV approaches close to the ISS, the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS), known as 'Canadarm2', will grapple the HTV and berth it to the ISS. After the supplies, such as food, clothes and a variety of experiment equipment, are unloaded, the HTV will then be loaded with waste materials, including used experiment equipment or used clothes. The HTV will then undock and separate from the ISS and reenter the atmosphere. While the HTV is berthed to the ISS, the ISS crew will be able to enter and remove the supplies from the HTV Pressurized Logistics Carrier.

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• HTV
• transfer
• vehicle
• ISS
• Japan
• JAXA

[LakesideParkFC]

HTV successfully launched!

It will berth at the ISS on Sept. 18 JST.

[kokoden6]

HTV schaduledl launch 2009/09/11 AM1:30 JST

[jpcorba]

some body have news from HTV or HIIB, i get no information since 08/2008, thanks!