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H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV)

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-is020-03052

Image Size 300 DPI: 36 * 24 cm

Backdropped by a blue and white part of Earth and the blackness of space, the unpiloted Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) approaches the International Space Station. Once the HTV was in range, NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk and European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, all Expedition 20 flight engineers, used the station's robotic arm to grab the cargo craft and attach it to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony node. The attachment was completed at 5:26 (CDT) on Sept. 17, 2009. A Russian spacecraft docked to the station is at bottom right.

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2009 - DOCKING - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - EXPEDITION 20 - HTV - INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - ISS - LIMB - SPACE - SPACE STATION -