The European Space Agency’s ATV-4 spacecraft, an unmanned supply ship, burns up over an uninhabited stretch of the Pacific Ocean on Nov. 2, 2013 in this image captured by an astronaut on the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The European Space Agency's Autonomous Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is an automatically piloted robot ...

ESA are set to announce a new launch date for ATV-3’s launch to the International Space Station (ISS) – now confirmed to be March 23 – after it was determined engineers will have to gain access to the ...

ESA had to settle for this artist's impression of the breakup and re-entry of its fifth and final ATV cargo tug because an onboard camera failed to transmit imagery. Credit: ESA/D. Ducros PARIS — ...

For the first time last month, technicians at ESA's research centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, including an ESA astronaut, entered inside the vertically positioned Automated Transfer Vehicle ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is getting a new load of groceries courtesy of ESA’s Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV)-5 Georges Lemaître which lifted off today. The 20-tonne unmanned cargo ship ...

For the last time, an unmanned European cargo vessel has linked up with the International Space Station. The European Space Agency's fifth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-5) joined up with the station ...

PARIS — Astrium GmbH of Germany will begin design work on an unmanned vehicle to shuttle cargo to and from the international space station under a contract signed July 7 and valued at 21 million euros ...

NASA International Space Station safety concerns and commercial cargo supply issues to be resolved by review The European Space Agency's first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) will begin its programme ...

A space cargo ship as large as a double-decker bus blasted off for the International Space Station on Tuesday, marking the final space voyage for Europe's fleet of huge robotic spacecraft. The ...