8月4日,日本H-2B型运载火箭在种子岛航天中心发射了“H-2转移飞行器”(HTV)4国际空间站货运飞船。这是H-2B火箭第4次发射,也是日本第4次发射HTV货船。飞船定于8月10日飞抵国际空间站,由站上机械臂捕获,并停靠到“和谐”节点舱面向地球一侧的对接口上。HTV-4飞船又称“白鹳”4,载有3.9吨增压货物和1.5吨不增压货物,包括称为“希望号机器人”的一台拟人机器人。飞船定于9月5日携带站上一些垃圾脱离空间 On August 4, Japan’s H-2B launch vehicle launched the “H-2 Transfer Aircraft” (HTV) 4 International Space Station cargo spacecraft at the Tanegashima Space Center. This is the fourth launch of the H-2B rocket and the fourth launch of an HTV cargo ship in Japan. The spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station on August 10 and be captured by a robotic arm on the station and docked at the “Harmony” node-facing docking port on the Earth’s side. The HTV-4 spacecraft, also known as White Stork4, contains 3.9 tons of pressurized cargo and 1.5 tons of non-pressurized cargo, including a humanoid robot known as Robot Hope. The spacecraft is scheduled to carry some garbage on the station on September 5 out of space