The HTV-4 (Kounotori 4) cargo ship built by Japan's space agency is in docking position at International Space Station in this still from a NASA TV broadcast on Aug. 9, 2013. The spacecraft carried ...

Skywatchers are in for a treat this week, as they can watch a recently launched cargo ship chase the International Space Station through the heavens. Japan's unmanned HTV-4 cargo vessel blasted off on ...

The I in ISS is for “international” (the two S’s are for “station” and “space,” not necessarily in that order). Many countries contribute to the orbiting outpost, which means investing money, research ...

Last year, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) carried cargo to the ISS using their HTV-4 spacecraft. To return the favour, a stationary camera on the ISS captured this awe-inspiring ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched its H-II Transport Vehicle HTV-4 from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Named Kounotori, the Japanese word for white stork, it is expected to dock ...

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) expect to greet the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s HTV-4 early Aug. 9, following the unmanned cargo resupply spacecraft’s successful ...

A stationary camera onboard the International Space Station took this picture of the Japanese HTV-4 cargo spacecraft as it entered Earth’s atmosphere on Sept. 7, 2013 subsequently burning up. HTV-4 ...

Six days after launching from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan, the unpiloted Japanese Kounotori4 H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-4), met up with The International Space Station. It was ...

A Japanese H-2B rocket launches the HTV-4 (Kounotori 4) robotic cargo ship toward the International Space Station on Aug. 4, 2013 Japan Standard Time (Aug. 3, 2013 EDT/GMT) from Tanegashima Space ...