News Archive / Tagged: HTV-9

• Final Kounotori cargo spacecraft leaves ISS

  Derek RichardsonAugust 18th, 2020

  After more than a decade of service, Japan’s final first-generation HTV cargo resupply spacecraft has departed the International Space Station, setting the stage for a new HTV-X vehicle capable of service in low Earth orbit and beyond.

• Japan launches its last ‘white stork’ to the International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonMay 20th, 2020

  Lifting off from its seaside launchpad, Japan’s final H-2B rocket sent the final Kounotori cargo ship into orbit to service the International Space Station.