Kennedy Ships Off ISS Spare Parts to Japan

Kennedy Ships Off ISS Spare Parts to Japan



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Car­go bound for the Inter­na­tion­al Space Sta­tion is on its way to the Japan Aero­space Explo­ration Agen­cy’s Tane­gashima Space Cen­ter in Japan to begin final pro­cess­ing for launch. A flex hose rotary cou­pler and a car­go trans­porta­tion con­tain­er depart­ed the Space Sta­tion Pro­cess­ing Facil­i­ty at NASA’s Kennedy Space Cen­ter in Flori­da on Thurs­day, Aug. 19. 

The flex hose rotary cou­ple is used to trans­fer liq­uid ammo­nia across the rotary joints that allow the space sta­tion’s radi­a­tors to rotate. The spare parts will trav­el by truck, plane and boat before arriv­ing at Tane­gashima on Sept. 1. The car­go will trav­el to the sta­tion aboard HTV‑2, a car­go space­craft that’s sched­uled to launch on an H‑IIB rock­et on Jan. 20, 2011.



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