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HTV2 following its Release by SSRMS
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ISS027-E-008802 (28 March 2011) --- Backdropped by a blue and white part of Earth, the unpiloted Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency?s Kounotori2 H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV2), filled with trash and unneeded items, departs from the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Cady Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, both Expedition 27 flight engineers, used the station?s robot arm to grapple the HTV2 and unberth it from the Earth-facing port of the Harmony node.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineHTV2 following its Release by SSRMS. NASA/JSC, 2011-03-28. Public domain. ID: iss027e008802.
