ISS021-E-016940 (30 Oct. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 21 commander; and NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, flight engineer, work controls at the Canadarm2 workstation in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, flight engineer, holds a camera at left. De Winne and Stott used the station’s robotic arm to grab the HTV cargo craft, filled with trash and unneeded items, and to 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.
Date October 30, 2009