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    Final goodbye

    Final goodbye

    Human Spaceflight and Operations image of the week: the International Space Station and the last Automated Transfer Vehicle streaking through the sky over Europe
    ATV undocking

    ATV undocking

    Time-lapse showing the departure of ATV Georges Lemaître from the International Space Station on 14 February
    ATV-5 mission ends

    ATV-5 mission ends

    ESA's fifth and final Automated Transfer Vehicle left the International Space Station and leaves a legacy for future space exploration
    ISS as never seen before

    ISS as never seen before

    Human Spaceflight and Operations image of the week: ATV views Space Station in new light and tests new technology for future rendezvous and docking
    Bull's eye docking

    Bull's eye docking

    Watch highlight replay of NASA TV coverage of ATV Georges Lemaître's perfect docking with ISS on 12 August 2014
    ATV set loose

    ATV set loose

    Watch from close by as ATV-5 separates from the Ariane 5 rocket that took it into orbit
    ATV-5

    ATV-5

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    Orion’s European module ready for testing10 November 2015

    Orion’s European module ready for testing10 November 2015

    Space artist nominated for prestigious prize23 April 2015

    Space artist nominated for prestigious prize23 April 2015 Katie Paterson's ESA-supported work Campo del Cielo, Field of the Sky – which included a symbolic return to space for a chunk of meteorite – has been shortlisted for the International Prize for Contemporary Art, granted by the Foundation Prince Pierre...

    ATV’s internal camera delivered data, but not images20 February 2015

    ATV’s internal camera delivered data, but not images20 February 2015 A prototype ‘blackbox for spacecraft’ running inside ESA’s cargo ferry as it burned up in the atmosphere managed to return data to the ground but, sadly, the images it took were lost in transit.

    Last ATV reentry leaves legacy for future space exploration15 February 2015

    Last ATV reentry leaves legacy for future space exploration15 February 2015 ESA’s fifth automated cargo ferry completed its mission to the International Space Station today when it reentered the atmosphere and burned up safely over an uninhabited area of the southern Pacific Ocean.

    ESA's ATV-5 seen by astronauts on board the ISS during a special flyunder manoeuvre on 8 August 2014

    ATV to bid farewell to Space Station for last time10 February 2015

    ESA's ATV-5 seen by astronauts on board the ISS during a special flyunder manoeuvre on 8 August 2014

    ATV to bid farewell to Space Station for last time10 February 2015 ESA’s last Automated Transfer Vehicle will leave the International Space Station on Saturday for its final solo voyage, setting course for a fiery demise that will mark the end of its mission and the programme.

    Camera to record doomed ATV’s disintegration – from inside06 February 2015

    Camera to record doomed ATV’s disintegration – from inside06 February 2015 Next Monday, ESA astronaut Samantha Christoforetti will float into Europe’s space ferry to install a special infrared camera, set to capture unique interior views of the spacecraft’s break-up on reentry.

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