European cargo mission to space station enters final preparations for launch

Europe's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) to service the International Space Station is entering its final preparation phase for a planned launch this spring from French Guiana on Arianespace's Flight VA213, the company announced on Friday. Arianespace is a commercial launch service company based in France. Named after Albert Einstein, the ATV is being processed in the Kourou spaceport's S5 payload preparation building, where it was transferred Thursday from the facility's S5C large preparation hall into its S5B high-bay area. More

(Source: Examiner.com - Apr 1)