Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is celebrating after its new cargo carrier docked at the International Space Station.

The new vehicle is called the “HTV-X” and launched on JAXA’s own H3 Launch Vehicle last Sunday. It docked at the ISS on Thursday, after the space station’s robotic arm captured it and guided it towards a berth.

The cargo carried contained the usual mix of food for ISS astronauts, experimental kit, and equipment for the ISS. Payloads on this mission included one called “DRCS” – the Demonstration System for CO ₂ Removal, a machine that is smaller and lighter than the current equipment used to remove the gas from air on the USS. JAXA hopes tests of the DRCS on the ISS prove it will be useful for installation on the Lunar Gateway – the space station that will orbi

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