HTV Arrives For First ISS Rendezvous And Grapple

Japan’s unmanned H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) rendezvoused with the International Space Station Sept. 17, and NASA astronaut Nicole Stott used the Canadarm2 to grapple the 16.5-metric-ton cargo carrier in orbit 225 miles over Romania. The capture of the HTV to the nadir port of the station’s Harmony...

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