https://spaceflight101.com/htv-6/htv-6-departs-space-station/
The HTV-6 Cargo Spacecraft departed the International Space Station on Friday after a six-week stay, facilitating an extremely busy cargo mission, inside and on the exterior of the orbiting complex. Wrapping up its tenure at the orbiting lab, HTV-6 is taking out the trash as it heads for a week-long free flight dedicated to an innovative

https://spacenews.com/htv-6-released-from-the-international-space-station/
Thomas Pesquet: As the sun rises on the International Space Station, we prepare to say farewell to HTV6. A fitting end for a Japanese mission. Today HTV-6 leaves us after bringing us many good things.

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The Japanese HTV-6 cargo craft is pictured in the grips of the Canadarm2 after it was detached from the Harmony module of the International Space Station. Astronauts Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency) and Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA were at the controls of the robotic arm before commanding it to release the resupply ship.

https://spaceflight101.com/iss/htv-6-end-of-mission/
HTV-6 departs the Space Station - Photo: NASA/ESA ... The craft's main mission of ferrying supplies to the International Space Station and picking up the trash was officially completed on Friday, January 27 when the spacecraft was released by the Station's robotic arm and fired its engines to enter an independent orbit for the tether

https://iss.jaxa.jp/en/htv/mission/htv-6/
Developed and built in Japan, the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) known as "KOUNOTORI (white stork)" is an unmanned cargo transfer spacecraft that delivers supplies to the International Space Station (ISS). ... Departure from the ISS: 0:45 a.m., January 28, 2017: Reentry: Around 0:06 a.m., February 6, 2017:

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Activation of the Inter-Module Ventilation (IMV) -. Cargo Transfer from the PLC to the ISS. -. Transfer of the ISS battery ORUs made of Japanese lithium-ion battery cells ※ out of the EF using SSRMS. Nickel hydride batteries currently used on the ISS will be replaced by the lithium-ion batteries delivered by KOUNOTORI6.

https://iss.jaxa.jp/en/htv/overview/
The H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), developed and built in Japan, is an unmanned cargo transfer spacecraft that delivers supplies to the International Space Station (ISS). The HTV is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center aboard an H-IIB launch vehicle with up to 6,000kg of supplies. When the HTV approaches close to the ISS, the Space Station

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-II_Transfer_Vehicle
The H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), also called Kounotori (こうのとり, Kōnotori, "Oriental stork" or "white stork"), is an expendable, automated cargo spacecraft used to resupply the Kibō Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) and the International Space Station (ISS). The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has been working on the design since the early 1990s.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/htv-6-cargo-craft-approaches-space-station/
Dec 13, 2016. Image Article. Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA shared this photograph of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kounotori H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-6) as it approached the International Space Station. Kimbrough and Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet successfully captured the spacecraft using the station's

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HTV-6 Released From The International Space Station. Thomas Pesquet: As the sun rises on the International Space Station, we prepare to say farewell to HTV6. A fitting end for a Japanese mission

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/02/htv-6-departs-iss-death-plunge/
4.3K. Japan's HTV-6 cargo vehicle has completed its destructive re-entry on Monday, February 6, following its departure the International Space Station (ISS) over a week ago.

https://global.jaxa.jp/projects/rockets/htv/topics.html
The launch time of the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 7 with the KOUNOTORI7 (HTV7, a cargo transporter to the International Space Station) was set for 2:52:27 a.m. on September 23 (Sun.), 2018 (Japan Standard Time.) JAXA will broadcast a live launch report from the Tanegashima Space Center from 2:27 a.m. on the 23th.

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The H-II Transfer Vehicle 6 "KOUNOTORI6" (HTV-6) departed the International Space Station on 27 January 2017. The unpiloted cargo spacecraft Kounotori 6 is l

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2024-06-27/the-international-space-station-is-being-destroyed-heres-what-to-know
Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service via AP. In this image released by Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service, the International Space Station is seen on March 30, 2022.

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Kounotori 6 (こうのとり6号機?), also known as HTV-6, is the sixth flight of the H-II Transfer Vehicle, an unmanned cargo spacecraft launched to resupply the Interna

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Japan's sixth HTV supply ship departed the International Space Station on Friday and headed for a destructive re-entry over the South Pacific with trash and disused batteries from the research

https://www.space.com/iss-astronauts-shelter-return-spacecraft-satellite-breakup
The International Space Station captured from a HEO Robotics satellite on May 13, 2024. ... On Friday (June 21), NASA said the departure of Starliner will be sometime after July 2,

https://spaceflight101.com/htv-6/h-iib-htv-6-launch-success/
HTV-6 is set for a pair of orbital maneuvers later on Friday to begin the climb toward the Space Station that is currently flying in a 401 by 410-Kilometer orbit. Rendezvous will start on Tuesday to move HTV-6 into the close vicinity of ISS for a straight-up approach from below the complex to set up for a robotic capture of the spacecraft

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/spacex-wins-nasa-contract-to-destroy-the-international-space-station/
Editor's Note (6/28/24): The design of the deorbit vehicle that will be used to destroy the International Space Station will be rooted in that of SpaceX's Dragon capsule, said Bill Spetch

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/21/science/boeing-starliner-nasa-new-return-delay-scn/index.html
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard, approaches the International Space Station on June 6 as it orbited above the South Pacific Ocean.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/russian-satellite-blasts-debris-space-forces-iss-astronauts-shelter-2024-06-27/
A defunct Russian satellite has broken up into more than 100 pieces of debris in orbit, forcing astronauts on the International Space Station to take shelter for about an hour and adding to the

https://www.space.com/35485-japanese-cargo-craft-leaves-space-station.html
The Japanese cargo ship HTV-6 departs the International Space Station on Jan. 27, 2017. (Image credit: NASA)

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/boeings-starliner-leaves-astronauts-stuck-but-safe-in-space/
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard, approaches the International Space Station for docking high above the Pacific Ocean on June 6, 2024.

https://spaceflight101.com/iss/htv-6-departs-space-station/
HTV-6 Cargo Craft Departs ISS for Week-Long Tether Experiment January 27, 2017 January 27, 2017 Patrick Blau 2306 Views HTV-6. Photo: NASA/ESA. The HTV-6 Cargo Spacecraft departed the International Space Station on Friday after a six-week stay, facilitating an extremely busy cargo mission, inside and on the exterior of the orbiting complex.

https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/01/27/japanese-cargo-craft-ready-to-depart-space-station/
The cargo freighter was detached from the space station's Harmony module shortly after 6 a.m. EST (1100 GMT) Friday, then released from the lab's Canadian-built robotic arm at 10:46 a.m. EST

https://www.wcvb.com/article/why-nasa-astronauts-are-delayed-at-space-station-after-boeing-starliner-launch/61459923
When two veteran NASA astronauts blasted off on a test drive of Boeing's new capsule, they expected to head home from the International Space Station in a week or so.Related video above: NASA

https://news.sky.com/story/space-station-astronauts-forced-to-shelter-as-russian-satellite-breaks-into-more-than-100-pieces-13160078
Astronauts on the International Space Station were forced to take shelter last night after a Russian satellite broke into more than 100 pieces. The nine astronauts living on the space station were

https://iss.jaxa.jp/en/htv/operation/
Undock/Departure from the ISS / Reentry; Launch. The HTV will be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center aboard an H-IIB launch vehicle. After separating from the H-IIB launch vehicle, the HTV will automatically start-up the HTV subsystems and initiate communications with the HTV Mission Control Room (HTVMCR) at Tsukuba Space Center (TKSC).

https://spaceflight101.com/iss/tag/htv-6/
HTV-6 Cargo Craft Departs ISS for Week-Long Tether Experiment. January 27, 2017 ... The robots aboard the International Space Station were busy over the past four days starting the most complex robotic maintenance task every carried out on ISS to replace the Station's aging batteries with new state of the art units that will power the

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0627/1456996-international-space-station/
The US space agency NASA has contracted SpaceX to help discard the International Space Station (ISS) around 2030, a task originally meant to be carried out by Russian equipment. NASA awarded