Japanese engineers have developed a hypersonic space-based missile tracking technology called the HTV-X, built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The new ...

The spacecraft was launched from the Tanegashima Space Centre on Sunday, carried by an H3 rocket. It arrived at the ISS on Thursday, where it was captured by the station’s robotic arm and docked in.

HTV-X was berthed to the station at 11:58 p.m. EDT today (Oct. 29). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Japan's new HTV-X cargo ...

Japan’s newly developed HTV-X resupply vehicle arrived at the International Space Station in the small hours of Thursday Japan time. Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui, 55, successfully caught the craft ...

Japanese astronaut Yui Kimiya has successfully captured Japan's new unmanned cargo transfer spacecraft, HTV-X, using a robotic arm at the International Space Station. Yui, who is staying at the ISS on ...

A cargo ship from Japan pulled alongside the International Space Station on Wednesday, maneuvering close enough for the lab’s robotic arm to reach out and grab it as the vehicles soared 260 miles over ...

Japan sent an upgraded HTV-X cargo module on its way to the International Space Station for the first time, launching at 9 a.m. local Japan time on Oct. 26th from Japan's Tanegashima Space Center atop ...

Japan's space agency on Sunday (October 26, 2025) successfully launched its new flagship H3 rocket carrying an unmanned cargo spacecraft for its first mission to deliver supplies to the International ...

Japan has been able to make its first stealth launch of its next generation cargo spacecraft, the HTV-X, into the International Space Station (ISS). Mission was launched on an H3 rocket at Tanegashima ...

WASHINGTON — Japan launched the first of a new generation of cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, with potential applications beyond low Earth orbit. An H3 rocket lifted off from the ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched its new HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday morning. It will be the first time in five years ...

Japan has successfully launched its new cargo transporter HTV-X into space. An H3 rocket carrying the spacecraft lifted off with a roar at around 9:00 a.m. on Sunday from the Tanegashima Space Center ...