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Space programs and missions · A guided course
Deliver supplies, handle external cargo and return a small sample
Explore the original HTV cargo program through compartment planning, robotic berthing, station hardware transfers and the evidence behind its small-capsule demonstration.
Suggested preparation is listed in the course · Start whenever you’re ready
NASA’s June 30, 2020 view shows HTV-9 behind Dextre. The HTV8 label belongs to an earlier pallet carrying removed nickel-hydrogen batteries inside HTV-9. Source image iss063e040012. Credit: NASA/JSC. Complete frame retained; no Atlas crop or enhancement.
NASA / JSC · Image source · NASA media usage guidelinesYour place in the bigger picture
Build on familiar ideas, then choose a direction to explore next. Every course remains open.
Building and sustaining a shared orbital laboratory
Connect research facilities with orbital deliveries
Japan’s HTV Kounotori program
Deliver supplies, handle external cargo and return a small sample
Start whenever you’re ready. Preparation is suggested, and every course stays open.
Resupply the station, then turn free flight into a test platform
One suggested order from the foundations to Japan’s HTV Kounotori program. Shared starting points appear once; skip anything you already know.
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