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SSRMS captures KOUNOTORI9

Last Updated: May 25, 2020

KOUNOTORI9 being captured by the SSRMS (Credit: JAXA/NASA)

Onboard astronaut Christopher J. Cassidy captured KOUNOTORI9 with the station's robotic arm (Space Station Remote Manipulator System: SSRMS) at 9:13 p.m., May 25.

KOUNOTORI9 will be transferred and berthed to Harmony (Node 2).

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