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Japanese Cargo Spaceship Delivers Food, Water, Batteries to ISS

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Japanese Cargo Spaceship Delivers Food, Water, Batteries to ISS

14:16 GMT 13.12.2016 (Updated: 14:18 GMT 13.12.2016)

This photo provided by NASA TV shows a Japanese cargo ship before it arrives with Christmas gifts to the International Space Station on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016 - Sputnik International

Japan's Kounotori 6 cargo spaceship was launched with the H-IIB launch vehicle from Tanegashima Space Center on Friday to deliver 5.9 tonnes of goods to the International Space Station (ISS), according to local media.

The International Space Station (ISS) uses a modular design first perfected by Soviet engineers in the 1980s. - Sputnik International

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TOKYO (Sputnik) – Japan's Kounotori 6 cargo spaceship, carrying food, drinking water, seven small satellites and new lithium-ion batteries, arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, local media reported.

Kounotori 6 was launched with the H-IIB launch vehicle from Tanegashima Space Center on Friday to deliver 5.9 tonnes of goods to the ISS, according to the Kyodo news agency.

On December 5, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said that Kountory 6, also known as HTV-6, is expected to remain attached to the ISS for over five weeks.