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SSRMS captures KOUNOTORI8

Last Updated: September 28, 2019

KOUNOTORI8 being captured by the SSRMS (Credit: JAXA/NASA)

Onboard astronaut Christina H. Koch captured KOUNOTORI8 with the station's robotic arm (Space Station Remote Manipulator System: SSRMS) at 8:13 p.m., September 28.

KOUNOTORI8 will be transferred and berthed to Harmony (Node 2).

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