Europe’s Final ATV Mission Reaches International Space Station

HOUSTON — The European Space Agency’s final Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) carried out a trouble-free docking with the six-person International Space Station early Aug. 12, delivering 14,555 lb. of supplies, research gear and propellants. The 20-ton ATV locked into the aft docking port of the...

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