Japan's space agency JAXA's H-2B rocket, carrying Japan's first unmanned H-2 Transfer Vehicle, blasts off from Tanegashima Space Center on Japan's southern island of Tanegashima September 11, 2009. The H-2 Transfer Vehicle, known as HTV, which is expected to reach the International space station next week, is loaded with more than 3 tons of food, equipment, supplies and experiments, including two Earth-monitoring devices that will help track climate change.
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