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ATV-4 Albert Einstein Says ‘Fill ‘er Up!’

April 16, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter The next European cargo mission to the International Space Station is preparing for launch, and in this new image, a fuelling operator at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana inspects the ATV-4 Albert Einstein as it is filled with propellant. Launch is [...]

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Spacewalkers To Give Cargo Spacecraft A Helping Hand

April 15, 2013

Spacewalkers will replace a faulty navigational aid Friday to ensure that a cargo spacecraft in June docks safely with the  International Space Station. Expedition 35 cosmonauts Pavel Vinogradov and Roman Romanenko will venture into space to remove and replace a broken retroreflector on the Russian Zvezda station module.  The first spacecraft to use the new retroreflector [...]

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June 21 ATV Re-Entry: A Man-Made Fireball In The Sky

June 20, 2011

The Johannes Kepler ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) has undocked from the International Space station and will re- enter Earth’s atmosphere on June 21st ending its mission in fiery destruction. Remove this ad

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No-go for ‘Fly About’ Photo-Op at Space Station

March 1, 2011

The international partners have decided against an historic ‘fly-about’ of the International Space Station, which would have provided one-of-a-kind images of the nearly completed ISS with space shuttle Discovery and an assortment of vehicles from the different participating space agencies docked to the station. “This morning, our Russian colleagues, after doing their own independent review [...]

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Video: 45 Years of Rendezvous and Docking in Space

February 23, 2011

On Thursday, the European ATV Johannes Kepler will dock with the International Space Station. Rendezvous and docking in space has been taking place for 45 years, and happened first when Gemini 8 hooked up with the Agena Target Vehicle in 1966. Most of us take for granted how two spacecraft rendezvous while in orbit, but [...]

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