Japan successfully launches new unmanned cargo spacecraft bound for ISS

Japan on Sunday successfully launched its new unmanned cargo spacecraft on an H3 launch vehicle from a space center on a southwestern island to deliver supplies to the International Space Station.The HTV-X spacecraft has a maximum payload capacity of 6 tons, 1.5 times the carrying capacity of its predecessor, the Kounotori that delivered supplies to the ISS nine times between 2009 and 2020, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.The spacecraft, expected to arrive at the ISS on Thursday, will remain attached for six months and then make an orbital flight to conduct technology de…READ FULL ARTICLE