Per BBC News, an unmanned Japanese space freighter or H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), was berthed to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday morning.

Launched from the Tanegashima base in south Japan last week, the HTV delivers 4.5 tons of supplies, including food and laptops to the astronauts stationed inside the ISS, BBC reports. Once the supplies are removed the HTV, the astronauts will fill it with waste and detach it from the ISS where it will eventually burn-up safely over the Pacific Ocean.

According to the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) this is the first flight of the HTV to be designed, developed and built in Japan.

Many Twitterers in Japan have taken the berthing positively; one even thinking that Japan’s space program is moving up in comparison to other countries:

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   amariya (Kyoto, Japan) JAXAおめでとう(´；ω；`) (Congratulations JAXA ( ‘; ω; `)) 17 Sep 2009 from TweetDeck
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   summerwind (Tokyo, Japan) 起きた。NASA TV見てる。HTV美しいなぁ！(Happened. I’m watching NASA TV. Naa HTV beautiful!) 17 Sep 2009 from web
3. 
   5thstar (Japan) おめでとうー JAXA and HTV関係者！！(JAXA and HTVーofficial congratulations! !) 17 Sep 2009 from web
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   noisypurple (Japan) bHTV良くやった！JAXAもスゴイ！流石はやれば出来る子！(HTV did good! JAXA also awesome! If a child can Hayare流石!) 17 Sep 2009 from Echofon
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   gangaze (Amagasaki, Japan) JAXAの打ち上げたHTVがISSとのドッキングに成功！世界の中で日本の宇宙開発の位置付けが変わったのかもしれない。スペースシャトル退役後暫くははHTVが唯一ISSへの大型貨物輸送の手段になるようだ。防衛体制にも、ある程度の影響が生じるだろう。(JAXA launched the successful docking with the ISS is HTV? May have changed the position of Japan’s space development in the world. After a while the space shuttle is retired to become an ISS HTV is the only way to transport large cargo. Defense system also will affect to some degree.) 17 Sep 2009 from web

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