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Japanese HTV-3 Berthed to International Space Station
The HTV-3 Japanese cargo spacecraft was successfully captured with the International Space Station’s Canadarm 2 robotic arm, and then installed to a docking port. JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide berthed the HTV supply ship, called Kounotori3, or “white stork,” at 14:19 GMT (10:19 EDT) on July 27, 2012 to the Earth-facing side of the Harmony node on the ISS.
Above is a timelapse of the capture and berthing provided by SpaceVids.
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2012-07-27 13:55:10
Source: http://www.universetoday.com/96483/japanese-htv-3-berthed-to-international-space-station/
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