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

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

The HTV‑X1 cargo spacecraft from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is shown in the grasp of the Canadian Space Agency's Canadarm2 robotic arm after being detached from the Earth‑facing port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module, along with its release on March 6, 2026.

The HTV-X1 spacecraft successfully departed the station more than four months after arriving to deliver more than 9,000 pounds of supplies, scientific investigations, commercial products, hardware and other cargo for NASA and its international partners.

JAXA's HTV-X:
https://humans-in-space.jaxa.jp/en/htv-x/

Canadian space robotics:

https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/iss/robotics/default.asp

Follow Expedition 74:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

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.

Image Credits: NASA's Johnson Space Center/Chris Williams
Image Date: March 6, 2026

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