Japan’s HTV-6 cargo vehicle has completed its destructive re-entry on Monday, February 6, following its departure the International Space Station (ISS) over a week ago. The spacecraft performed ...

Thomas Pesquet: As the sun rises on the International Space Station, we prepare to say farewell to HTV6. A fitting end for a Japanese mission. Today HTV-6 leaves us after bringing us many good things.

A Japanese cargo ship completed a four-day rendezvous with the International Space Station early Tuesday, bringing science gear, crew supplies and six powerful new batteries that will be installed in ...

A Japanese H-IIB rocket rises from its launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center, sending the HTV-6 cargo ship into space. (NASA TV) A critical resupply mission to the International Space Station got ...

Liftoff is set for 1:31 p.m. EDT (1731 GMT). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will ...

Expedition 50 Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency) and Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA commanded the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm to release a ...

It may not be a sleigh driven by a jolly old elf, but a Japanese cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station today (Dec. 13) to make a Christmas delivery to the outpost's six-person crew.

A Japanese cargo ship loaded with nearly four tons of supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station -- including a set of replacement batteries for the lab’s solar arrays -- is on ...

Eight days after an unmanned Russian Progress cargo ship failed to reach orbit, a Japanese space freighter is on its way to the International Space Station (ISS). Today at 8:26 am EST (10:26 pm JST), ...