Photos: Japan’s HTV2 Docks With The International Space Station
Backdropped by Earth’s horizon and the blackness of space, the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 grapples the unpiloted Japanese Kounotori2 H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV2) as it approaches the station. NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, both Expedition 26 flight engineers, used the station’s robotic arm to attach the HTV2 to the Earth-facing port of the station’s Harmony node. The attachment was completed at 9:51 a.m. (EST) on Jan. 27, 2011. ISS026-E-020932 (27 Jan. 2011) — high res (1.5 M) low res (106 K)
Backdropped by a cloud-covered part of Earth, the unpiloted Japanese Kounotori2 H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV2) approaches the International Space Station. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched HTV2 aboard an H-IIB rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan at 12:37 a.m. (EST) (2:27 p.m. Japan time) on Jan. 22, 2011. HTV2 is the second unpiloted cargo ship launched by JAXA to the station and will deliver more than four tons of food and supplies to the space station and its crew members. ISS026-E-020910 (27 Jan. 2011) — high res (1.5 M) low res (100 K)
ISS026-E-020916 (27 Jan. 2011) — high res (1.7 M) low res (111 K)
The unpiloted Japanese Kounotori2 H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV2) approaches the International Space Station, delivering more than four tons of food and supplies to the space station and its crew members. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched HTV2 aboard an H-IIB rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan at 12:37 a.m. (EST) (2:27 p.m. Japan time) on Jan. 22, 2011. NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, both Expedition 26 flight engineers, used the station’s robotic Canadarm2 to attach the HTV2 to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony node. The attachment was completed at 9:51 a.m. (EST) on Jan. 27, 2011. ISS026-E-021017 (27 Jan. 2011) — high res (1.0 M) low res (70 K)
