European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano reads over an HTV-4 procedures checklist.
ISS036-E-039425 (3 Sept. 2013) — European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, reads over a procedures checklist in the International Space Station’s Cupola during preparations to release the Japanese “Kounotori” H2 Transfer Vehicle-4 (HTV-4) ending its one-month stay at the space station. The automated resupply craft will be grappled by the Canadarm2, removed from the Harmony node and released for a destructive reentry into Earth’s atmosphere.