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about an hour and a half ago as the

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htv-6 arrived at what is known as the

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radial vector or r bar about a thousand

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meters below the international space

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station that's the imaginary line drawn

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between the station and the earth this

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spectacular view of a series of thruster

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firings on the htv-6 as it began to inch

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its way up the radial vector towards the

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international space station was seen by

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external cameras on the international

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outpost tamar pesquet and the cupola

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described the view of the htv as like a

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golden treasure box echoing the words

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uttered by japanese astronaut kamiya yui

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that

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he was struck by during the arrival of

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the htv uh so far executing a textbook

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rendezvous for an expected capture

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by

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nasa astronaut shane kimbrough the

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expedition 50 commander and thomas

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pesquet of the european space agency who

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are in the cupola of the international

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space station at the robotics

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workstation

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ready to use uh the canadarm2 robotic

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arm to reach out and grapple a grapple

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fixture on the htv-6

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as it moves to within striking distance

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of its grapple

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by kimbrough and pesquet the original

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grapple time was scheduled about an hour

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and a half from now at 5 00 a.m central

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time 6 a.m eastern time however the htv

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6 with all of its rendezvous maneuvers

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having gone by the book so far

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departed the 250 meter hold point about

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24 minutes ahead of schedule with

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everything

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proceeding actually ahead of schedule

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not only on track but ahead of schedule

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and so it is possible

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that the grapple time could be advanced

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uh the only constraint is uh for the

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earliest go for capture time which would

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be 4 28 a.m central time 5 28 a.m

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eastern time and that is based on

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lighting

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that would be the earliest gopher

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capture that would occur just after

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at houston station they're in step three

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decimal two the crew is ready for the

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houston copies

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in the cupola of the international space

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station european space agency flight

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engineer thomas pesquet

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indicating that

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he and shane kimbrough have completed

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their review of procedures for the

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this is mission control houston the

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htv-6 a continuing a very methodical

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approach toward the capture point and

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now just about 17 meters away

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this view now from the end effector

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camera on the canadarm2 robotic arm

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looking dead straight on at the grapple

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and htv6 now holding at its capture

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point

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there will be two sets of calls later on

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this morning during that installation

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procedure first the first stage capture

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followed by second stage capture that

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will mark the official uh

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point

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for the htv hard mated then

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to the nader port of the harmony module

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and capture is confirmed

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capture confirmed at 4 37 a.m central

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time 5 37 a.m eastern time