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SSRMS captures KOUNOTORI6

Last Updated: December 13, 2016

KOUNOTORI6 being captured by the SSRMS (Credit:JAXA/NASA)

Onboard astronaut Shane Kimbrough captured KOUNOTORI6 with the station's robotic arm (Space Station Remote Manipulator System: SSRMS) at 7:39 p.m., December 13.

KOUNOTORI6 will be transferred and berthed to Harmony (Node 2).

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