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Watch NASA TV Now for Live Launch of Japanese HTV-5 Cargo Mission

The Japanese H-IIB Rocket
The Japanese H-IIB rocket with the the “Kounotori” HTV-5 resupply ship rests at its launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center. Credit: JAXA

A Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) H-IIB rocket at the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan is fueled and ready for a launch of the Kounotori H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-5) at 7:50 a.m. EDT. NASA Television is providing live coverage of the launch, which can be seen at https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv.

The HTV-5 is loaded with more than 4.5 tons of research and supplies, including water, spare parts and experiment hardware, for the six-person International Space Station crew. The unpiloted cargo craft, named Kounotori, Japanese for “white stork,” will travel five days to reach the orbiting laboratory on Monday, Aug. 24.

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