 |  History-making Japanese space mission ends in flames
 1 November 2009
The Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-1) vehicle was deorbited after spending 52 days in space, 43
days docked to ISS. This marked the successful completion of the first flight of HTV, which brought
approximately 4.5 tonnes of cargo to ISS and removed 1.6 tonnes of discarded equipment and trash
from ISS. HTV-1 was launched from Tanegashima on 10 September 2009.
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