European cargo ship set for docking with International Space Station

Europe's final robot cargo ship to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled to dock today - its manoeuvres webcast live from several angles, France's CNES space agency has said. The automated transfer vehicle (ATV), the fifth and last that Europe had pledged for lifeline deliveries to the orbiting outpost, was blasted into space on July 30 from Kourou in French Guiana. Weighing in at more than 20 tonnes, the double decker bus-sized craft is carrying the biggest-ever payload of more than 6.6 tonnes, including fuel, water, oxygen, food, clothes and scientific experiments for the six ISS crew. More

(Source: 9news.com.au - Aug 12)