Japanese cargo vessel arrives at International Space Station

Japan's unmanned cargo vessel reached the International Space Station on Thursday to deliver supplies.After transferring food, experiment devices and other materials, the vessel Kounotori7, named after storks in Japanese, will bring back experiment samples to Earth, the first such mission for the country, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.An H-2B rocket carrying the vessel lifted off Sunday from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan. The vessel spent four days approaching the ISS, floating around 400 kilometers above Earth.Around 6 tons of cargo including new …READ FULL ARTICLE