H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) - The H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) is an uninhabited spacecraft of...

H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) - The H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) is an uninhabited spacecraft of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. It is used to supply the International Space Station (ISS). Image obtained from the International Space Station on September 17, 2009. Backdropped by a blue and white part of Earth and the blackness of space, the unpiloted English H - II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) approaches the International Space Station. Once the HTV was in range, 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. A Russian spacecraft docked to the station is at bottom right