the hatch of Europe’s Jules Verne cargo carrier early April 4, one day after the vehicle successfully docked for the first time with the orbiting laboratory. The docking went smoothly April 3 after ...

PARIS — The inaugural flight of Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) cargo carrier, after an initial hiccup caused by an overly cautious failure-detection system, delivered on its promise during ...

Eight days after launch, ESA’s latest Automated Transfer Vehicle, Johannes Kepler, completed a flawless rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station at 17:08 CET (16:08 GMT) to deliver ...

In a milestone event, the first non-American and non-Russian spaceship, the European Space Agency's (ESA) automated cargo transfer vehicle successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS ...

Do you have what it takes to be an astronaut? ESA is making actual astronaut training available on your computer and tablet, so you can see for yourself. ESA’s third Automated Transfer Vehicle, ...

As the European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), named Jules Verne, embarks on the last few kilometres of its journey to dock at the International Space Station's Russian Zvezda module ...

After several days spent in a parking orbit 2000 km ahead of the ISS, Jules Verne ATV is now ready to join up with the International Space Station. This first docking attempt can be followed live on ...

Once contact has been established, ATV 3 will fire its thrusters for up to 10 seconds to push the docking probe into the socket at the inner end of the docking cone. Upon successful capture, the ISS ...