The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s H-IIB rocket launched on Wednesday, Aug. 19 from the Tanegashima Space Center
in southern Japan carrying more than 4300 kg of equipment and
supplies for the six-person station crew, including the CALorimetric
Electron Telescope (CALET) investigation, an astrophysics mission that
will search for signatures of dark matter and provide the highest energy
direct measurements of the cosmic ray electron spectrum.
JAXA
and NASA teams adjusted the cargo manifest to deliver additional food
supplies and critical components lost in the failure of the seventh
SpaceX commercial resupply services mission. The delivery will ensure
the crew has plenty of food through the end of 2015. HTV-5 is delivering
two multifiltration beds that filter contaminants from the station’s
water supply, a Fluids Control and Pump Assembly used for urine
processing to support water recycling, a Wring Collector used in
conjunction with the on-orbit toilet, a Respiratory Support Pack used in
space to provide breathing assistance to an astronaut in the event lung
function were impaired and space suit support equipment used during
spacewalks.
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