A set of panels giving an overview of ESA’s ATV Mission, the Automated Transfer Vehicle.
The ATV is a series of unmanned space transport vehicles that will be launched by Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guyana. The most complex space vehicle ever developed in Europe, the ATV will test highly sophisticated rendezvous technology to carry essential supplies and experiments to the International Space Station.
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The International Space Station, ISS, is the world’s largest international scientific venture ever. Partners include the USA, Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe.
The Station is a permanent base in space, orbiting 400 kilometres above Earth, offering unique opportunities for research in microgravity conditions and preparing for human exploration of the Moon and Mars.
European technology is playing an important role in numerous international elements of the ISS. ESA’s key contributions for the Station are the Columbus space laboratory and the ATV, the Automated Transfer Vehicle.
Other components include the European Robotic Arm, for assembly tasks and handling of equipment, the Cupola, a working area from which to control critical manoeuvres in space and monitor the Earth, and two connecting modules or nodes, commissioned by NASA and built by European industry under an ESA contract.
