Coverage Set for Space Station Departure of European Cargo Ship
The departure of the third European Space Agency Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-3) cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station will be broadcast live on NASA Television beginning at 6:15 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Sept. 25. The 13-ton "Edoardo Amaldi," named for the 20th-century Italian physicist regarded as one of the fathers of European spaceflight, launched from Kourou, French Guiana, on March 23. It arrived at the space station March 28 with several tons of supplies and experiments for the station's crew. Read more
Europe's sophisticated ATV space freighter has docked with the International Space Station (ISS). The unmanned robotic craft attached itself to the Zvezda module on the rear of the platform at 22:31 GMT. Read more
Europe's third cargo vehicle docks with the Space Station
ESA's ATV Edoardo Amaldi has completed the first stage of its docking with the Russian Zvezda module of the International Space Station. The docking occurred smoothly when ATV's docking probe was captured by Zvezda's docking cone at 00:31 CEST ( 22:31 GMT). Read more
Join us to follow the docking of ESA's third Automated Transfer Vehicle, Edoardo Amaldi, with the International Space Station, on Thursday 29 March at 00:33 CEST (22:33 GMT). Streaming will start at approximately 00:00 CEST (22:00 GMT). Read more