Station Crew Prepares for Japanese, Russian Cargo Craft

Expedition 26 Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Catherine Coleman continued additional robotics training Tuesday as they prepare for the arrival of the Kounotori2 H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV2) on Thursday.

The crew will use the station?s robot arm to grapple Kounotori2 at 6:44 a.m. EST with berthing to the nadir, or Earth-facing, port of the Harmony node a few hours later. HTV2 launched Saturday from the Tanegashima Space Center aboard an H-IIB launch vehicle with [...]

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