Photos: Unloading HTV-3

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 32 flight engineer, works in the newly attached Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-3) docked to the International Space Station’s Harmony node. NASA astronaut Joe Acaba, flight engineer, is visible in the background. ISS032-E-011457 (28 July 2012) — high res (1.8 M) low res (108 K)

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 32 flight engineer, prepares to open the hatch to the newly attached Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-3) docked to the International Space Station’s Harmony node. ISS032-E-011394 (28 July 2012) — high res (1.2 M) low res (84 K)

NASA astronaut Joe Acaba, Expedition 32 flight engineer, refers to a procedures checklist in the Harmony node of the International Space Station to assist his crewmates shortly after the hatch opening of the newly attached Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-3) docked to Harmony’s Earth-facing port. ISS032-E-011432 (28 July 2012) — high res (1.6 M) low res (85 K)

View of the interior of the newly attached Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-3) docked to the International Space Station, photographed by an Expedition 32 crew member in the Harmony node. The HTV attachment was completed at 10:34 a.m. (EDT) on July 27, 2012. ISS032-E-011383 (28 July 2012) — high res (1.0 M) low res (74 K)

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 32 flight engineer, using a Russian AK-1M absorber, samples the air in the newly attached JAXA H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-3) docked to the International Space Station’s Harmony node. ISS032-E-011406 (28 July 2012) — high res (1.2 M) low res (89 K)