Automated Transfer Vehicleunmanned European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft that carries supplies to the International Space Station (ISS). The first ATV, Jules Verne, named after the French author, was launched on March 9, 2008.
International Space Station...space laboratory and contained experiments in such fields as biology and fluid dynamics. In the following month an improved variant of the Ariane V rocket launched Europe’s heaviest spacecraft, the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), which carried 7,700 kg (17,000 pounds) of supplies to the ISS. Also in March 2008 shuttle astronauts brought the Canadian robot Dextre, which was so...
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