Special launch featured on WKTV Tuesday

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency HTV-8 “Kounotori” cargo craft. (NASA)

By Kelly Taylor
kelly@wktv.org



On Tuesday, Sept. 10, WKTV Government 26 will be featuring live coverage of the launch of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency HTV-8 “Kounotori” cargo craft to the International Space Station, courtesy of the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Coverage starts at 5 p.m. with the launch  scheduled for 5:33 p.m. 


Live coverage continues at 5:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, for the rendezvous and capture of the “Kounotori” to the ISS. The capture is scheduled to take place at 7 a.m., with the installation scheduled for 8:30 a.m. 

For more information on NASA TV or the InternationalSpace Station, log on to www.nasa.gov. NASA TV can be seen on the WKTV 26 Government Channel on Comcast and AT&T U-verse 99 Government Channel 99.

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