# @iss on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BncKXGFlp9u
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/76368091-iss-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/fe0fcd4ad4.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-09-07T21:29:53.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** International Space Station (@iss) — https://gondola.cc/iss

## Caption

Japan’s seventh cargo mission (HTV-7) to the International Space Station is in the final stages of preparation for launch on Monday at 7:32 p.m. EDT. Mission controllers are monitoring the weather at the Tanegashima Space Center launch site while the Expedition 56 crew is preparing for its arrival early Friday. Pictured here is Japan's HTV-6 cargo vehicle seen during final approach to the International Space Station on Dec. 13, 2016.

#nasa #jaxa #csa #unitedstates #japan #canada #kounotori #canadarm2 #robot #robotics #international #space #station

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- **Likes:** 43,067
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- **Comments:** 168

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## Tags

nasa, jaxa, space, robotics, robot, kounotori, station, unitedstates, canadarm2, japan, international, csa, canada

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