HTV Unberth and Release

ISS021-E-016801 (30 Oct. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 21 commander; and NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, flight engineer, view computer monitors at the Canadarm2 workstation in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station during the preparation for the release of the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) from the station. De Winne, Stott and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk (out of frame) used the station’s robotic arm to grab the HTV cargo craft, filled with trash and unneeded items, and unberth it from the Harmony node’s nadir port. The HTV was successfully unberthed at 10:18 a.m. (CDT) on Oct. 30, 2009, and released from the station’s Canadarm2 at 12:32 p.m.