Second, Safer ATV Flight Will Carry More In Less Time

Credit: EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
Series production models of Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle will carry more cargo to the International Space Station—taking less time to do it, and with higher safety margins—than the prototype vessel. Jules Verne, the pre-production model, was launched in March 2008 and stayed attached to the...

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