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    Expedition 63 Awaits SpaceX Crew, Unpacks Japanese Cargo

    The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard

    The Expedition 63 crew is getting ready for the launch and arrival this week of two NASA astronauts from U.S. soil for the first time in nearly a decade. This follows Monday morning’s arrival of a Japanese cargo craft that delivered over four tons of food, supplies and experiments to the International Space Station. NASA …

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    Japan’s Resupply Ship Installed on Station’s Harmony Module

    May 25, 2020: International Space Station Configuration

    The unpiloted Japanese cargo spacecraft was installed this morning at 10:46 a.m. EDT to the Earth-facing port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module, where it will remain for two months. Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy of NASA, with assistance from Russian Flight Engineer Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, operated the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm from …

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    Canadian Robotic Arm Captures Japanese Space Freighter

    Japan's HTV-9 resupply ship is pictured in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm

    After a five-day journey, the H-II Transport Vehicle-9 (HTV-9) was captured by Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy of NASA using the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm from the station’s cupola to grapple the 12-ton spacecraft. Coverage of HTV-9’s final installation will begin at 9:30 a.m. EDT when flight controllers in mission control at NASA’s Johnson Space …

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    Expedition 63 Awaits Japanese Cargo and American Crew

    Japan's HTV-8 cargo craft and the SpaceX Crew Dragon vehicle

    Three Expedition 63 crewmates are orbiting Earth getting ready to welcome a Japanese cargo ship and the first crew to launch from America in almost a decade. NASA Commander Chris Cassidy will command the Canadarm2 robotic arm to capture Japan’s ninth space freighter to visit the station on Memorial Day at 8:15 a.m. EDT. The …

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    SpaceX Crew Preps for Launch as Japanese Cargo Heads to Station

    The crew of the SpaceX Demo-2 mission NASA astronauts (from left) Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken.

    The International Space Station will welcome a pair of different spaceships next week. Japan’s space freighter will arrive first on Monday followed by the first crewed mission from SpaceX on Thursday. The H-II Transfer Vehicle-9 (HTV-9) is in space racing toward the orbiting lab following its launch from Japan on Wednesday. The HTV-9, nicknamed Kounotori, …

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    Japanese Cargo Vehicle Lifts Off To Resupply Station Crew

    Japan's HTV-9 cargo craft moments after liftoff

    Carrying four tons of supplies, water, spare parts and experiment hardware for the Expedition 63 crew aboard the International Space Station, HTV-9 launched from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan on Wednesday, May 20 at 1:31 p.m. EDT (2:31 a.m. Thursday, May 21, Japan time). The cargo vehicle will arrive at the station Monday, May …

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    Japanese Space Freighter Launch to Station Live on NASA TV

    Japan's HTV-8 cargo craft sits atop the HII-B rocket

    NASA has begun live launch coverage of the Japanese cargo spacecraft carrying more than four tons of supplies, water, spare parts and experiment hardware for the Expedition 63 crew aboard the International Space Station. Watch live on NASA TV and the agency’s website. The H-II Transport Vehicle-9 (HTV-9) spacecraft is scheduled to launch on a …

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    NASA TV Broadcasts Japanese Launch to Station Live on Wednesday

    Japan's HTV-8 cargo craft sits atop the HII-B rocket

    NASA Television will provide live launch coverage of a Japanese cargo spacecraft carrying more than four tons of supplies, water, spare parts and experiment hardware for the Expedition 63 crew aboard the International Space Station. Watch live on NASA TV and the agency’s website beginning at 1 p.m. EDT. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) …

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    Japan Ready for Cargo Launch, Crew Works Science and Emergency Procedures

    The city lights of Japan

    Japan is less than a day from launching its ninth mission to resupply the International Space Station. Meanwhile, the three-member Expedition 63 crew continued space science operations and practiced for an emergency. More than four tons of crew supplies, station experiments and lithium-ion batteries are ready to head to the station inside the H-II Transfer …

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    Crew Preps for Japanese Cargo, Studies Effects of Planetary Missions

    The H-II Transfer Vehicle-7 from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

    Japan’s ninth mission to resupply the International Space Station has been given a “go” to launch on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. EDT. The Expedition 63 crew continues prepare for its arrival and robotic capture on Memorial Day. Commander Chris Cassidy of NASA will be in the cupola on May 25 to command the Canadarm2 robotic …

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