Japan's HTV-X1 Cargo Ship Captured by Canadarm2 | International Space Station

Japan's HTV-X1 Cargo Ship Captured by Canadarm2 | International Space Station

On October 29, 2025, the Canadian Space Agency's Canadarm2 captured the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft. 

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched its HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft on a H3-24L rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at Tanegashima Space Center in southeastern Japan on October 26, 2025. This was Japan's first cargo shipment to the ISS in five years.

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Expedition 73 Crew

Station Commander: Sergey Ryzhikov (Roscosmos)

JAXA Flight Engineer (Japan): Kimiya Yui

Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Alexey Zubritskiy, Oleg Platonov

NASA Flight Engineers: Jonny Kim, Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Image Credit: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)/Kimiya Yui

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: Oct. 29, 2025

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