A multinational team of ground controllers are undergoing intense training for the launch of the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), one of the most complex spacecraft ever built and flown by ESA. It is ...
As the European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), named Jules Verne, embarks on the last few kilometres of its journey to dock at the International Space Station's Russian Zvezda module ...
ATV-2 is almost ready for launch on 15 February from Europe’s Spaceport. It will be the heaviest load ever lofted into space by the Ariane 5 rocket, making the 200th flight of the European launcher ...
An artist's illustration of ESA's Jules Verne ATV breaking up during its Sept. 29, 2008 reentry. Jules Verne ATV is seen backing away from the International Space Station from inside the ATV Control ...
For the first time, three human spaceflight mission control centres -- located in three countries -- have just successfully simulated the critical rendezvous of the Automated Transfer Vehicle, the ...