Japanese HTV-2 Departs Space Station
By Mark Carreau .
HOUSTON — Japan’s HTV-2 cargo capsule departed the International Space Station on March 28, signaling a post-earthquake resumption of command and control over major ISS operations by flight controllers at the Tsukuba Space Center, northeast of Tokyo.
The trash-laden freighter, christened Kounotori, is scheduled to make a destructive plunge into the Earth’s ...