Last European space truck set for July 24 launch

The last of five robot resupply ships Europe was scheduled to provide for the International Space Station will be taken aloft on July 24, launch firm Arianespace said on Thursday. Known as an Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), the freighter will be launched from Kourou, French Guiana, at 10:41 pm on July 24 (0141 GMT on July 25), it said in a statement in Paris. The European Space Agency (ESA) was contracted to provide five ATVs for the first phase of manned operations by the US-led orbital platform. More

(Source: Phys.Org - Jun 27)