H-2B launch
A Japanese H-2B rocket carrying the HTV-5 cargo spacecraft lifts off Aug. 19 from the Tanegashima Space Center.

An H-2 rocket successfully launched a Japanese cargo spacecraft carrying more than four tons of supplies and equipment for the International Space Station Aug. 19.

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