Monday, March 10, 2008

Jules Verne makes it into space without use of giant cannon

The European Space Agency finally has something to celebrate besides their Columbus module on the ISS. Yesterday the ESA launched an Ariane 5 rocket carrying Jules Verne, their first Automated Transfer Vehicle and their most complicated spacecraft ever. Jules Verne will make an automated dock with the ISS shortly after the Space Shuttle Endeavour departs the station on its STS-123 mission. Now park that thing Europe.

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