Europe launches its first re-supply ship ? Jules Verne ATV ? to the ISS

ESA PR 15-2008. Jules Verne, the first of the European Space Agency?s Automated Transfer Vehicles (ATV), a new series of autonomous spaceships designed to re-supply and re-boost the International Space Station (ISS), was successfully launched into low Earth orbit by an Ariane 5 vehicle this morning.

Link: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMDYOK26DF_index_0.html

Time: 9. Mar. 2008

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Topics: atv, first, iss, jules, re-supply, verne