Tag: ATV

  • NASA creates working group to get Orion ESM back on schedule

    NASA creates working group to get Orion ESM back on schedule

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    NASA is continuing to work towards the historic maiden launch of the Space Launch System (SLS), with the rocket still on schedule to make a 2018 debut. However, the passenger – the EM-1 Orion – is requiring the assistance of a working group, specifically focused on the European Service Module (ESM), which continues to struggle with…

  • ATV’s re-entry camera returned no images

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    Artist’s concept of Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle breaking up during re-entry. Credit: ESA A camera packed inside Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle failed to transmit images from inside the disposable supply ship as it plunged through Earth’s atmosphere Feb. 15 and broke apart over the South Pacific Ocean, the European Space Agency said Friday. The robotic…

  • Video: Time lapse of ATV’s final departure from ISS

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    This time lapse video shows Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle backing away from the International Space Station for the last time Saturday. Undocking occurred at 1342 GMT (8:42 a.m. EST) as the space station flew 257 miles over Mongolia. Credit: NASA/ESA Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.

  • Europe’s ATV space freighter bids final goodbye to space station

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    The fifth ATV mission — dubbed Georges Lemaitre — approaches the International Space Station before docking Aug. 12. Credit: Oleg Artemyev/Roscosmos Europe’s fifth and final Automated Transfer Vehicle departed the International Space Station for the last time Saturday, closing out one of the European Space Agency’s flagship programs as the bus-sized spaceship heads for a…

  • Europe’s final ATV cargo vehicle completes mission

    Europe’s final ATV cargo vehicle completes mission

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    Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-5, the Georges Lemaître) departed from the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday morning, ahead of a destructive re-entry that was conduted on Sunday. The End Of Mission (EOM) events concluded the final ISS mission for the European cargo ship, although its spirit will live on with NASA’s Orion spacecraft program.…

  • Europe’s last ATV set to depart from space station

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    Artist’s concept of Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle docked with the International Space Station. Credit: ESA–D. Ducros, 2014 A European supply freighter is set to undock from the International Space Station on Saturday, heading for a destructive dive into Earth’s atmosphere about 30 hours later after a power system failure forced the cancellation of an experiment…

  • ATV-5 helps ISS dodge Chinese space debris

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    Europe’s ATV-5 cargo ship helped ‘shove’ the International Space Station (ISS) out of the path of a piece of space debris this week. The Pre-Determined Debris Avoidance Maneuver (PDAM) was required after a tracked object – possibly a lens cap/cover – from the Chinese spy satellite, Yaogan 12, became a “repeating conjunction concern” for the orbital outpost.…

  • Europe’s ATV-5 completes docking swansong with the ISS

    Europe’s ATV-5 completes docking swansong with the ISS

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    The European Space Agency (ESA) ATV-5 has completed her final ever docking to the International Space Station (ISS). The “Georges Lemaître” is conducting an essential cargo run to the orbital outpost, with her pre-arrival orbital adventures also including a key test of sensors that could help spacecraft that follow in her footsteps. The vehicle successfully…

  • Ariane 5 launches ATV-5 en route to the ISS

    Ariane 5 launches ATV-5 en route to the ISS

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    Europe’s ATV-5 cargo ship has set sail on a 14 day journey to the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday. The final ATV mission began when the vehicle’s Ariane 5 ES carrier rocket launched the “Georges Lemaître” from the Guiana Space Centre, in Kourou, French Guiana at 23:47 UTC. ATV-5: Arianespace’s latest ATV mission in support…

  • ESA involved in effort to improve the eyesight of spacecraft

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    The European Space Agency (ESA) will test new rendezvous sensors on their next Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-5) mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The Laser InfraRed Imaging Sensors (LIRIS) will provide another example of the continuing improvements to the “eyesight” of spacecraft, as they conduct rendezvous and docking operations. Rendezvous: The successful rendezvous and docking of spacecraft…