Bremen, Germany – Europe’s first Automated Transfer Vehicle ATV, has been integrated and is currently being electrically tested in Bremen. For the first time the three ATV elements are linked ...

Fueling has been completed at the Spaceport in French Guiana for Europe’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), readying it for a planned June launch with Arianespace’s workhorse Ariane 5 on an ...

This cutaway drawing depicts ATV Edoardo Amaldi under the Ariane 5's payload fairing. Image released March 20, 2012. A final view of Automated Transfer Vehicle Edoardo Amaldi before it is installed on ...

This image shows Ariane 5 VA 213 ready for transfer from BAF (Final Assembly Building) to the launch pad, 4 June, 2013. This image was released April 6, 2013. ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, ...

Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), will be launched next year by a specific version of Ariane 5 called the Ariane 5 Evolution Storable upper stage Automated Transfer Vehicle, or ...

Here’s a photo of Europe’s Edoardo Amaldi Automated Transfer Vehicle, about to dock with Space Station last night. And here’s a quick video of the approach, with thrusters firing: Don Pettit | | Read ...

A routine inspection has concluded that additional measures are required to ensure the maximum readiness of the third Automated Transfer Vehicle for launch. It has therefore been decided to postpone ...