ATV Ready for Launch in Early 2006

A 30-month program to adapt the Ariane 5 booster for the Automated Transfer Vehicle will be completed by January 2006, says the European Space Agency. The 74-million-euro ($90-million) program, led by French space agency CNES and Ariane 5 prime contractor EADS, primarily involved reinforcing the...

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