Tag: ISS Cargo

A Japanese H-2B rocket lifts off with the eighth HTV resupply freighter. Credit: MHI/JAXA A Japanese H-2B rocket fired into orbit Tuesday from the Tanegashima Space Center with an automated cargo freighter loaded with more than 4.1 tons of batteries, experiments, spacewalk equipment, water and provisions for the International Space Station. The unpiloted cargo ship…

EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Saturday, Sept. 21, with new launch date. A Japanese H-2B rocket inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Tanegashima Space Center. Credit: MHI Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the prime contractor for Japan’s H-2B rocket, said Friday that engineers concluded a fire on the launch pad during a countdown earlier this month was most likely…

These photos show the stacking of Japan’s eighth H-2B rocket inside an assembly building at the Tanegashima Space Center over the past few weeks, followed by rollout of the 186-foot-tall (56.6-meter) vehicle to its launch pad Tuesday. The H-2B rocket is set for launch at 2133:29 GMT (5:33:29 p.m. EDT) Tuesday with Japan’s eighth HTV…

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The H-2B rocket during fueling before Tuesday’s launch pad fire. Credit: MHI Japanese officials called off the launch of an H-2B rocket and HTV space station cargo ship Tuesday after a fire broke out on the launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center. The fire occurred at around 1805 GMT (2:05 p.m. EDT) Tuesday, or…

Japan’s eighth HTV supply ship is set for launch Tuesday (U.S. time) from the Tanegashima Space Center. Credit: JAXA A Japanese HTV cargo freighter is set for launch Tuesday (U.S. time) aboard a powerful H-2B rocket, ferrying six new lithium-ion batteries, a Sony-developed laser communications terminal, fresh water and other equipment to the International Space…