Japan's new HTV-X cargo spacecraft departed the International Space Station today (March 6) after a four-month stay. The vehicle — known as HTV-X1, because it's the first of its kind — was released by ...

Expedition 50 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 ...

TOKYO, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Japan's next-generation cargo spacecraft HTV-X was successfully launched at 9 a.m. local time on Sunday from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture aboard the ...

A Japanese H-IIB rocket rises from its launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center, sending the HTV-6 cargo ship into space. (NASA TV) A critical resupply mission to the International Space Station got ...

WASHINGTON — Japan’s space agency said Jan. 13 that a virus first discovered on one of its computers this past summer leaked some technical specifications and operations data about the nation’s space ...

This is NASA's live coverage of the Rendezvous and Grapple of the "Kounotori" HTV-5 Cargo Craft at the ISS. HTV-5 flew to a point 30 feet below the ISS, whereupon the ISS crew will use the Space ...

The freighter undocked today (March 6) at 12 p.m. ET, right on schedule. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the ...

Tokyo, March 7 (Jiji Press)--Japan's newly developed HTV-X resupply vehicle, which had been docked with the International Space Station, was detached from the station on Saturday, the Japan ...

Los Angeles: The US Air Force and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) prestigious test of a secretive, hypersonic craft (HTV-2), capable of traversing distances around the globe in a ...