HTV cargo ship departs International Space Station

Japan's first cargo-carrying freighter was set free from the International Space Station on Friday, beginning its new role as a garbage scow loaded with 1,600 pounds of trash from the complex. Under the control of Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk, the outpost's robotic arm unberthed the H-2 Transfer Vehicle from the Earth-facing port of the station's Harmony module at 1502 GMT (11:32 a.m. EDT) Friday. More

(Source: Space Flight Now - Oct 31)