Japanese Cargo Craft Approaches Space Station: Station Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA shared this photograph of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kounotori H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-6) as it approached the International Space Station (ISS) today, writing, "Beautiful #HTV6 Space Station. NASA and EuropeanSpaceAgency astronauts using station's robot arm to capture the spacecraft. Proud of Int'l. #Teamwork" Kimbrough and Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of ESA successfully captured the 12-ton spacecraft using the canadianspaceagency's robotic arm. Robotic ground controllers then installed it on the Earth-facing side of the Harmony module. Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson of NASA monitored HTV-6 systems during the rendezvous and grapple. The unpiloted cargo spacecraft is loaded with more than 4.5 tons of supplies, water, spare parts and experiment hardware for the six-person station crew. Credit: NASA #nasa #space #spacestation #iss #jaxa #esa #spacecraft #htv