Supply ship restocks the ISS

[Rico]

Cool pic of an unmanned supply ship sent to resupply the Space Station.

Nasa has released a photograph taken from the International Space Station showing an unmanned spacecraft arriving with oxygen, food and other supplies.

The European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) is seen on its approach for docking.
It arrived on March 28 after a five-day journey and delivered 220lbs of oxygen, 628lbs of water, 4.5 tons of propellant and nearly 2.5 tons of dry cargo.
A stash of food, clothing, experiment hardware and spare parts was also delivered for the space station's six-man crew.
Flight Engineers Andre Kuipers and Oleg Kononenko monitored the ATV-3's approach along with flight controllers in Toulouse, France.
The spacecraft took off from the European space port in Kourou, French Guiana.
The 13-ton ATV-3 is named Edoardo Amaldi in honour of the 20th-century Italian physicist who is regarded as one of the fathers of European spaceflight.
It is expected to remain at the space station until September, when it will be loaded with rubbish and sent to deliberately burn up as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.

http://news.sky.com/home/technology/article/16205365

[billybob476]

Is it just me, or are real pics from space even cooler then the movies?

[KingIsaacLinksr]

Is it just me, or are real pics from space even cooler then the movies?

Well, it is real ;)

King

[turtlesrock]

awesome! :D
heh they call it an ATV
it really IS an ATV if it can go to space! :D

[davekill]

awesome! :D
heh they call it an ATV
it really IS an ATV if it can go to space! :D

Or maybe a ETV for Extra-terrestrial Vehicle
-and it has a little help getting there...