The HTV-X1 cargo craft and the Canadarm2 robotic arm

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iss074e0319321 (Feb. 19, 2026) --- JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) HTV-X1 cargo craft, with the Canadarm2 robotic arm perched on a portable data grapple fixture in front, is pictured berthed to the Earth-facing port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module. At the time of this photograph, the orbital outpost was soaring 263 miles above a cloudy Indian Ocean northeast of Madagascar. Credit: NASA/Chris Williams