Astronaut Luca Parmitano prepares to open the hatch to the newly attached Japanese "Kounotori" H2 Transfer Vehicle-4.
ISS036-E-030213 (9 Aug. 2013) — European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, prepares to open the hatch to the newly attached Japanese “Kounotori” H2 Transfer Vehicle-4 (HTV-4) docked to the International Space Station’s Harmony node.