H - II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) - Close up of the H - II Transfer...

H - II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) - Close up of the H - II Transfer Vehicle (or HTV) when attached to the International Space Station (ISS) by the robotic arm of the station. The HTV is an uninhabited spaceship of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency. It is used to supply the International Space Station (ISS). Image obtained from the International Space Station on September 17, 2009. A close - up view of the unpiloted English H - II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) in the grasp of the International Space Station's robotic Canadarm2. NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk and European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, all Expedition 20 flight engineers, used the station's robotic arm to grab the cargo craft and attach it to the Earth - facing port of the Harmony node. The attachment was completed at 5:26 (CDT) on Sep 17, 2009