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    Amazing

    Amazing ATV

    Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: ATV-4 approaches International Space Station
    Valentina

    Valentina

    Fifty years of women in space
    ATV

    ATV meets ISS

    ESA's ATV-4 cargo vessel made contact with the ISS at 16:07 CEST today
    ATV

    ATV hip hop

    In celebration of ATV docking day, ESA has teamed up with hip hop group Ugly Duckling for a super space remix of Elevation
    Seatbelts

    Seatbelts off

    Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Weightless science on parabolic flights
    Ready

    Ready to fly

    Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Karen, Fyodor and Luca ready for launch
    Heading

    Heading up

    Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: ESA astronaut Tim Peake meets UK Prime Minister
    Tim

    Tim Peake to ISS

    N° 16-2013: ESA astronaut Timothy Peake set for Space Station
    Last

    Last sunset

    Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Antarctic research station Concordia’s last glimpse of the Sun
    Bedsuit

    Bedsuit

    Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: metabolic monitor
    Earth

    Earth from Space

    ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli joins the Earth from Space video programme to share his view of Earth from the ISS
    Where

    Where is the ISS?

    Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: the International Space Station somewhere above Earth
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    Europe’s largest spaceship reaches its orbital port15 June 2013

    Europe’s largest spaceship reaches its orbital port15 June 2013 ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, completed a flawless rendezvous with the International Space Station on 15 June when it docked smoothly with orbital outpost at 14:07 GMT (16:07 CEST).

    ATV-3 and ISS thrusters firing in unison

    ATV ready to nose up to Station14 June 2013

    ATV-3 and ISS thrusters firing in unison

    ATV ready to nose up to Station14 June 2013 ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, ATV Albert Einstein, is set to conduct an autonomous docking with the International Space Station on 15 June. The vessel will deliver scientific experiments, vital supplies and fuel to the astronauts.

    Europe’s heaviest cargo ship launched to Space Station06 June 2013

    Europe’s heaviest cargo ship launched to Space Station06 June 2013 ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, was launched into orbit last evening from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Europe’s autonomous supply ship will perform a series of manoeuvres to dock with the International Space S...

    ATV-4 fully integrated for launch

    ATV-4 ready to deliver essential cargo to Space Station03 June 2013

    ATV-4 fully integrated for launch

    ATV-4 ready to deliver essential cargo to Space Station03 June 2013 ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, is ready for launch on an Ariane 5 to the International Space Station on 5 June from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. 

    ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano arrives at Space Station29 May 2013

    ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano arrives at Space Station29 May 2013 A Soyuz spacecraft launched from Kazakhstan last night safely docked with the International Space Station this morning, delivering ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and his crewmates to the orbital outpost where they will live and work for five months.

    Timothy Peake

    ESA astronaut Timothy Peake set for Space Station20 May 2013

    Timothy Peake

    ESA astronaut Timothy Peake set for Space Station20 May 2013 ESA’s Director General, Jean-Jacques Dordain, announced today that the ISS Multilateral Crew Operations Panel has decided on Friday, 17 May to accept his proposal to fly astronaut Timothy Peake to the International Space Station in 2015.

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