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Resuming Final Approach to Capture Point.
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25 meters.
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23 meters (moving very slowly)
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Close to 20 meters.
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17 meters.
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13 meters.
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CP "Capture Point" 10 meters below the ISS .
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HTV-X in Free Drift (and ISS into a Fine Attitude Hold with thrusters disabled).
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Stand by for capture... 
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GO for capture.
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SSRMS in motion....
SSRMS LEE "Latching End Effector" aligned with HTV-X Grapple fixture, in Cupola Kimiya Yui use the THC "Translational Hand Controller" to move the arm in the +X direction carefully approaching the grapple fixture.
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LEE over the pin, snares were command to close
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CAPTURE confirmed at 15:58 UTC !
(some words from Kimiya Yui and then Aki Hoshide)
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End of NASA coverage (and thx to Rob Navias)
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Post capture configuration: ISS crew safing SSRMS and then hand robotics off to ROBO at MCC-H.
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