Japan's HTV‑X1 Cargo Spacecraft Departs | International Space Station

Japan's HTV‑X1 Cargo Spacecraft Departs | International Space Station

The HTV‑X1 cargo spacecraft from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is in the grasp of the Canadarm2 robotic arm after being detached from the Earth‑facing port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module. The orbital outpost was soaring 274 miles above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America’s Patagonia region at the time of this photograph. 

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Expedition 74 Crew
Station Commander: Sergey-Kud Sverchkov (Russia)
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Andrey Fedyaev, Sergei Mikaev

European Space Agency Flight Engineer: Sophie Adenot

NASA Flight Engineers: Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Chris Williams

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.

Credit: NASA/Jessica Meir
Image Date: March 5, 2026

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