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The "Albert Einstein" spacecraft docks to the International Space Station (VIDEO)

Houston, USA - New supplies for the crew

European Space Agency’s (ESA) Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 (ATV-4) automatically docked Saturday at 10:07 a.m. EDT to the aft-end port of the Zvezda service module. The ATV-4, nicknamed the “Albert Einstein,” launched June 5 atop an Ariane 5 rocket from a European Space Agency (ESA) launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana. The 13-ton spacecraft is delivering 5465 pounds of dry cargo, experiment hardw...

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Rome, Italy, 06/17/2013 13:42
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