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 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 ...

Good bye #ATV5! Arrivederci ATV5! That was the send-off tweet from European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti as an unmanned automated transfer vehicle (ATV) cargo ship ended its mission ...

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 ...

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 ...