HTV Release

2009-10-30 - After serving successfully as a cargo vehicle for pressurized and unpressurized payloads, the unpiloted Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) was unberthed from the Harmony node by Canadarm2 and released from the International Space Station at 10:18 a.m. (CDT). On the right hand side is a docked Russian Soyuz vehicle and above it is the Japanese experiment module Kibo. (Credit: NASA)