15 Years Ago: Japan launches HTV-1, its First Resupply Mission to the Space Station

On Sept. 10, 2009, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA launched its first cargo delivery spacecraft, the H-II Transfer Vehicle-1 HTV-1, to the International Space Station. The HTV cargo vehicles, also called Kounotori, meaning white stork in Japanese, not only maintained the Japanese Experiment Module Kibo but also resupplied the space station in general with 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/histo...
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