Kounotori2 Nears Station, Crew Stays Focused on Station Activities

Japan?s second H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV2) nicknamed Kuonotori2, or ?White Stork,? is scheduled to arrive Thursday morning at the International Space Station. Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Catherine Coleman will operate Canadarm2, the station?s robotic arm, to grapple the free-floating HTV2 and berth it to the Harmony module. Grapple is expected at 6:44 a.m. EST. Numerous rendezvous and course-correction burns continue to be performed using the vehicle?s reaction control system a [...]

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