NASA TV to Air Departure of Japanese Cargo Craft from Space Station

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NASA TV to Air Departure of Japanese Cargo Craft from Space Station

NASA

will broadcast the departure of a Japanese cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station

beginning at 1 p.m. EDT Friday, Nov. 1, on NASA Television and the agency’s website.

Ground controllers

will use the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm to detach the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s H-II Transport Vehicle-8 (HTV-8) several hours before its release.

Expedition 61 Flight Engineers

Christina Koch and Jessica Meir of NASA

will take over the controls of the robotic arm to release the spacecraft at 1:20 p.m.

NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-tv-to-air-departure-of-japanese-cargo-spacecraft-from-space-station

JAXA | （HTV8）

http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2019/10/20191028a_j.html

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