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Europe’s Last ATV Cargo Ship Docks Safely At Space Station

12 Aug , 2014 by Elizabeth Howell

It took two weeks to get there, but all indications is it was worth the wait. The final automated transfer vehicle of the European Space Agency successfully docked with the International Space Station today (Aug. 12) at 9:30 a.m. EDT (1:30 p.m. UTC) — right on time. The cargo vehicle has about seven tons of […]

atv, cargo vehicle, Georges Lemaître

Space Exploration, Space Exploration Technologies, Space Station

Photographer Catches ATV-4’s Fiery Plunge Through the Atmosphere

4 Nov , 2013 by Elizabeth Howell

UPDATE: Editor’s note: Here’s a story that we’ve updated a couple of times, and now it ultimately has a happy ending. We originally posted a picture from Oliver Broadie who thought he captured an image of the ATV-4 Albert Einstein right before it burned up in the atmosphere. That image, see below, was ultimately determined […]

albert einstein, atv-4, automated transfer vehicle, cargo vehicle, european space agency, space truck

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