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The HTV-5 Kounotori space cargo ship blasting off atop an H-II rocket (Image NASA TV)

A success for the launch of the Japanese cargo spaceship HTV-5 to the International Space Station

Massimo Luciani August 19, 2015 2

A little while ago the HTV-5 spacecraft blasted off atop a H-II rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center for a supply mission to the International Space Station. About fifteen minutes after launch, the cargo spacecraft regularly separated from the rocket’s last stage, entered a preliminary orbit and deployed its solar panels and navigation antennas.

Kjell Lindgren, Oleg Kononenko and Kimiya Yui during a press conference (Photo NASA)

The arrival of three new astronauts on the International Space Station completes the Expedition 44 crew

Massimo Luciani July 23, 2015 1

A few hours ago the Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and after almost exactly six hours reached the International Space Station carrying Kjell Lindgren, Oleg Kononenko and Kimiya Yui. The Soyuz traveled on the fast path normally used. There were a couple of little problems because one of the spacecraft’s solar panels didn’t deploy and after the arrival it took longer than expected to balance the air pressure with the Station but in the end everything went well.