Friday, July 27, 2012

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) took this photo of the HTV-3 freighter as it flew under the orbital outpost prior to berthing on July 27, 2012.
NASA / JAXA

Photos of the Day... Here are a couple of images showing the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) docking with the International Space Station (ISS) earlier today. Nicknamed Kounotori 3, this HTV—which was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan on July 21 (Japan Standard Time)—is the third of seven unmanned freighters that JAXA currently plans to send to the ISS by 2015. HTV-3 will remain docked to the orbital complex till September 6...when Kounotori will be unberthed from the station prior to re-entering and burning up in Earth's atmosphere that same day.

An astronaut aboard the ISS took this photo of the HTV-3 freighter as it flew under the orbital outpost prior to berthing on July 27, 2012.
NASA / JAXA

The ISS' robotic arm grapples HTV-3 prior to it berthing at the outpost on July 27, 2012.
NASA / JAXA

The HTV-3 is berthed to the ISS on July 27, 2012.
NASA / JAXA
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