LONDON:A stork will soon make a special delivery to the International Space Station — new research samples and equipment for research investigations that will occur during current and future expeditions in the many science disciplines aboard the space laboratory. The fifth Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) H-II Transfer Vehicle, or HTV-5, is planned to launch Monday, August 17 with the space shipment. The HTV was dubbed Kounotori, “white stork” in Japanese, because it conveys the delivery of important cargo and expresses the HTV’s mission to transport crucial materials to the space station. Indeed it will. The delivery will include materials to support the crewmembers’ research off the Earth to benefit the Earth.
