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Launch of rocket carrying cargo for ISS

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A Japanese H-2B rocket blasts off at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at 4:48 a.m. on Aug. 4, 2013. The rocket carrying the Konotori No. 4 unmanned cargo transporter was successfully launched to deliver a total of 5.4 tons of cargo to the International Space Station.

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Launch of rocket carrying cargo for ISS

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A Japanese H-2B rocket ascends at 4:49 a.m. on Aug. 4, 2013, after blasting off from the launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The rocket carrying the Konotori No. 4 unmanned cargo transporter was successfully launched to deliver a total of 5.4 tons of cargo to the International Space Station.

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Launch of rocket carrying cargo for ISS

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A Japanese H-2B rocket blasts off at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at 4:48 a.m. on Aug. 4, 2013. The rocket carrying the Konotori No. 4 unmanned cargo transporter was successfully launched to deliver a total of 5.4 tons of cargo to the International Space Station.

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Launch of rocket carrying cargo for ISS

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A trail is left in the sky by a Japanese H-2B rocket that blasted off at 4:48 a.m. on Aug. 4, 2013, from the launch pad at Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The rocket carrying the Konotori No. 4 unmanned cargo transporter was successfully launched to deliver a total of 5.4 tons of cargo to the International Space Station. (Photo taken using a fisheye lens)

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Launch of rocket carrying cargo for ISS

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A Japanese H-2B rocket ascends at 4:49 a.m. on Aug. 4, 2013, after blasting off from the launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The rocket carrying the Konotori No. 4 unmanned cargo transporter was successfully launched to deliver a total of 5.4 tons of cargo to the International Space Station.

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Launch of rocket carrying cargo for ISS

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A Japanese H-2B rocket blasts off at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at 4:48 a.m. on Aug. 4, 2013. The rocket carrying the Konotori No. 4 unmanned cargo transporter was successfully launched to deliver a total of 5.4 tons of cargo to the International Space Station.

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H-2B rocket

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's fourth H-2B rocket is moved from the assembly building (L) to the launch pad (R) at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Aug. 3, 2013. The rocket was scheduled to be launched the following day, carrying the Konotori No. 4, an unmanned cargo transfer vehicle, to send supplies to International Space Station.

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H-2B rocket

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's fourth H-2B rocket is moved to the launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Aug. 3, 2013. The rocket was scheduled to be launched the following day, carrying the Konotori No. 4, an unmanned cargo transfer vehicle, to send supplies to International Space Station.

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Konotori flight director

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo taken May 16, 2013 shows Takashi Uchiyama, one of the six flight directors for the Konotori cargo transporter, standing before his desk at the control room for the unmanned space vehicle at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

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Space vehicle Konotori

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency shows reporters at the Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture on June 19, 2013, the Konotori No. 4, the fourth unmanned cargo transfer vehicle to send supplies to the International Space Station.

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Space vehicle Konotori

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency shows reporters at the Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture on June 19, 2013, the Konotori No. 4, the fourth unmanned cargo transfer vehicle to send supplies to the International Space Station.

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Japan's H-2B rocket

NAGOYA, Japan - The body of Japan's H-2B rocket is shown to reporters at a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. factory in the village of Tobishima, Aichi Prefecture, on May 23, 2013. The rocket is scheduled to transport the fourth cargo vehicle Konotori to the International Space Station in August 2013.

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Japan's H-2B rocket

NAGOYA, Japan - The body of Japan's H-2B rocket is shown to reporters at a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. factory in the village of Tobishima, Aichi Prefecture, on May 23, 2013. The rocket is scheduled to transport the fourth cargo vehicle Konotori to the International Space Station in August 2013.

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Rocket launches unmanned cargo transporter

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A Japanese H-2B rocket lifts off at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture at 11:06 a.m. on July 21, 2012. The rocket successfully launched into orbit the unmanned cargo transporter Konotori on its journey to the International Space Station.

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Rocket launches unmanned cargo transporter

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A Japanese H-2B rocket lifts off at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture at 11:06 a.m. on July 21, 2012. The rocket successfully launched into orbit the unmanned cargo transporter Konotori on its journey to the International Space Station.

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Rocket launches unmanned cargo transporter

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A Japanese H-2B rocket lifts off at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture at 11:06 a.m. on July 21, 2012. The rocket successfully launched into orbit the unmanned cargo transporter Konotori on its journey to the International Space Station.

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Rocket launches unmanned cargo transporter

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A Japanese H-2B rocket lifts off at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture at 11:06 a.m. on July 21, 2012. The rocket successfully launched into orbit the unmanned cargo transporter Konotori on its journey to the International Space Station.

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Rocket launches unmanned cargo transporter

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A Japanese H-2B rocket is pictured at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on the morning of July 21, 2012, before blasting off. The rocket successfully launched into orbit the unmanned cargo transporter Konotori on its journey to the International Space Station.

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Japan's 1st baby hatch starts operating in Kumamoto

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Japan's first baby hatch (in photo) began operating on May 10 in the city of Kumamoto, Kyushu, to enable people to anonymously leave babies there. The hatch, called ''konotori no yurikago'' (stork cradle), has been set up at Jikei Hospital.

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Japan's 1st 'baby hatch' set up, to start operations in mid-May

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Japan's first ''baby hatch'' (photo) is set up in Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto City, southwestern Japan, on May 1 to enable parents who cannot care for infants to anonymously drop them off and will start operating in mid-May. The hatch, which the hospital calls ''konotori no yurikago'' (stork cradle), takes the form of a box accessible from outside the hospital by opening a door.

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Japan's 1st 'baby hatch' set up, to start operations in mid-May

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Japan's first ''baby hatch,'' set up at Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto City, southwestern Japan, on May 1, takes the form of a box accessible from outside the hospital by opening a door. The hatch, which the hospital calls ''konotori no yurikago'' (stork cradle), will enable parents who cannot care for infants to anonymously drop them off, and will start operating in mid-May.

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Japan Rocket Lifts Supplies To Space Station After Foreign Failures

KAGOSHIMA, JAPAN - AUG. 19: Japan successfully launched a rocket carrying supplies to the International Space Station from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Wednesday, the nation's space agency said, after similar missions by other countries failed recently. The H2B rocket lifted off at 8:50 p.m. Japan time, delivering the Konotori 5 cargo transporter into orbit some 15 minutes later, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency or JAXA said. The unmanned transporter, carrying 5.5 tons of supplies and experimental equipment, is due to reach the ISS, which flies about 400 kilometers above Earth, at around 8 p.m. Monday.

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PM Abe meets with astronaut

Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui (L) meets with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2016. Using a model of the cargo transporter Konotori, Yui explained how he docked it with the International Space Station using a robotic arm. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese astronaut Yui gives press confab

Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui poses for a photo with a model of the Konotori unmanned cargo transporter at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tokyo office on Feb. 23, 2016, following his return to Earth in December after a nearly five-month mission at the International Space Station. Yui, 46, used a robot arm to catch and dock Konotori, which was carrying water and scientific equipment to the ISS. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan launches cargo transporter Konotori 5

Photo shows an H-2B rocket, carrying the Konotori 5 cargo transporter, lifting off from Tanegashima Space center, southern Japan, to the international Space Station on Aug. 19, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan launches cargo transporter Konotori 5

Photo shows an H-2B rocket, carrying the Konotori 5 cargo transporter, lifting off from Tanegashima Space center, southern Japan, to the international Space Station on Aug. 19, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan launches cargo transporter Konotori 5

Photo shows an H-2B rocket, carrying the Konotori 5 cargo transporter, lifting off from Tanegashima Space center, southern Japan, to the international Space Station on Aug. 19, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to launch cargo transporter Konotori 5

Photo shows an H-2B rocket, carrying the Konotori 5 cargo transporter, which will be launched from Tanegashima Space center, southern Japan, to the International Space Station on Aug. 19, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Docking drill for ISS-bound Japanese cargo transporter shown to press

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency shows the press a simulated training session for docking the Konotori (stork) 5 unmanned cargo transporter to the International Space Station in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on July 10, 2015. The transporter, scheduled for launch on Aug. 16, will carry supplies and observation equipment to the ISS. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ISS-bound unmanned Japanese cargo transporter shown to press

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency shows the Konotori 5 unmanned cargo transporter to the media at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on July 1, 2015. The transporter, scheduled for launch on Aug. 16, will carry supplies and observation equipment to the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 1st 'baby hatch' set up, to start operations in mid-May

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Japan's first ''baby hatch,'' set up at Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto City, southwestern Japan, on May 1, takes the form of a box accessible from outside the hospital by opening a door. The hatch, which the hospital calls ''konotori no yurikago'' (stork cradle), will enable parents who cannot care for infants to anonymously drop them off, and will start operating in mid-May. (Kyodo)

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Japan's 1st 'baby hatch' set up, to start operations in mid-May

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Japan's first ''baby hatch'' (photo) is set up in Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto City, southwestern Japan, on May 1 to enable parents who cannot care for infants to anonymously drop them off and will start operating in mid-May. The hatch, which the hospital calls ''konotori no yurikago'' (stork cradle), takes the form of a box accessible from outside the hospital by opening a door. (Kyodo)

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Japan's 1st baby hatch starts operating in Kumamoto

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Japan's first baby hatch (in photo) began operating on May 10 in the city of Kumamoto, Kyushu, to enable people to anonymously leave babies there. The hatch, called ''konotori no yurikago'' (stork cradle), has been set up at Jikei Hospital. (Kyodo)

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Japan to launch supply rocket to ISS

An H-2B rocket carrying the Konotori 6 unmanned cargo spacecraft is seen at Tanegashima Space Center in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on Dec. 9, 2016, hours ahead of its planned launch the same day. The cargo ship will deliver supplies to the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to launch supply rocket to ISS

An H-2B rocket carrying the Konotori 6 unmanned cargo transporter is seen at Tanegashima Space Center in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on Dec. 9, 2016, hours ahead of its planned launch the same day. The cargo ship will deliver supplies to the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to launch Konotori 6 to carry supplies to ISS

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency unveils the Konotori 6 unmanned cargo spacecraft at the Tanegashima Space Center in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on Oct. 19, 2016. The cargo ship, which will deliver supplies to the International Space Station, is scheduled to take off on Dec. 9, carried by an H-2B rocket. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to launch space cargo ship Oct. 1 to take supplies to ISS

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. unveils the first stage of an H-2B rocket, which will be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, to the media at its factory in the village of Tobishima, Aichi Prefecture, on July 26, 2016. The rocket will carry the Konotori 6 cargo transporter to take supplies to the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to launch space cargo ship Oct. 1 to take supplies to ISS

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. unveils the first stage of an H-2B rocket, which will be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, to the media at its factory in the village of Tobishima, Aichi Prefecture, on July 26, 2016. The rocket will carry the Konotori 6 cargo transporter to take supplies to the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo