Canadian Robotic Arm Releases Japan’s Spacecraft for Departure

At 12 p.m. EST, JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s) HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft was released from the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm, which earlier detached it from the Earth-facing port of the orbiting laboratory’s Harmony module. The post Canadian Robotic Arm Releases Japan’s Spacecraft for Departure appeared first on NASA Science.