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  • Watch NASA TV Live Coverage of HTV-8 Arrival to Station

    Japan's seventh resupply ship in the grips of the Canadarm2

    A Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) cargo spacecraft is approaching the International Space Station. Watch live coverage on NASA TV and the agency’s website. Capture of the unpiloted H-II Transfer Vehicle-8 (HTV-8) is expected around 7:15 a.m. The HTV-8 is loaded with more than four tons of supplies, spare parts and experiment hardware for the crew aboard …

  • NASA TV to Broadcast Arrival of Japanese Spaceship to Station

    The H-II Transfer Vehicle-7 (HTV-7)

    The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) cargo spacecraft that launched at 12:05 p.m. EDT Sept. 24 (1:05 a.m. Sept. 25 Japan standard time) from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan is set to arrive at the International Space Station early tomorrow morning. NASA will provide live coverage of the arrival of the unpiloted H-II Transfer Vehicle-8 (HTV-8) via NASA TV …

  • Slime and Cancer Research Before Japan Cargo Ship Arrives Saturday

    NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Andrew Morgan stow biological research samples into a science freezer located inside the U.S. Destiny laboratory module. Credit: NASA

    A Japanese space freighter is on track to deliver more than four tons of cargo to the International Space Station on Saturday morning. The Expedition 60 crew is preparing for its arrival while also researching a variety of microgravity phenomena. Flight Engineers Christina Koch and Andrew Morgan are practicing on a computer the techniques they …

  • Expanded Station Crew Relaxes Before Cargo Delivery, Crew Departure

    The International Space Station is orbits Earth in October 2018.

    The Expedition 60 crew is relaxing today after welcoming three new space residents to the International Space Station on Wednesday. They will receive a cargo shipment on Saturday before turning their attention to a crew departure next week. NASA astronaut Jessica Meir took a five-hour and 45-minute ride to the orbiting lab on Wednesday with …

  • Soyuz Spacecraft With Three Crewmates Docks to Orbiting Lab

    Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft approaches for a docking

    NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and Hazzaa Ali Almansoori from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) docked to the International Space Station at 3:42 p.m. EDT. The new crew members will be greeted by station commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Nick Hague, Andrew Morgan, ESA …

  • Soyuz Rocket Blasts Off to Station With Multinational Crew

    The Soyuz MS-15 rocket blasts off from Kazakhstan

    NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and Hazzaa Ali Almansoori from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) launched safely for their mission aboard the International Space Station on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft at 9:57 a.m. EDT. The crew began their six-hour trip to the orbital laboratory during which they will …

  • Station Crew Ready to Liftoff to Station on NASA TV

    Soyuz MS-15 crewmates wave before boarding rocket

    Live launch coverage is underway on NASA Television and the agency’s website for the targeted lift off at 9:57 a.m. EDT (6:57 p.m. Kazakhstan time), of a Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and Hazzaa Ali Almansoori from the United Arab Emirates …

  • New Crew Prepares for Launch as Japanese Cargo Heads to Station

    Station crewmates pose for a portrait

    Japan’s cargo craft is on its way to resupply the International Space Station as a Russian crew ship counts down to launch Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, the six Expedition 60 crewmembers orbiting Earth today continued their lab maintenance and space research to benefit humanity. The HTV-8 space freighter lifted off Tuesday from the Tanegashima Space Center …

  • Japanese Space Freighter Blasts Off To Resupply Station Crew

    Japan's HTV-8 cargo craft launches on time

    The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) H-IIB rocket launched at 12:05 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 24 (1:05 a.m. Sept. 25 in Japan) from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. At the time of launch, the space station was flying 258 statute miles over Mali in southwest Africa. A little more than 15 minutes after …

  • NASA TV Airs Japanese Rocket Launch to Deliver Station Cargo

    The H-IIB rocket from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

    A Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) H-IIB rocket is fueled and ready for a launch of the H-II Transfer Vehicle-8 (HTV-8) at 12:05 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 24 (1:05 a.m. Sept. 25 in Japan) at the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. Live coverage is underway on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Named Kounotori, …