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Title: ATV: a very special delivery View count: 1896 Rating: 5.0 (12 ratings) Description: Early in 2008, an Ariane-5 rocket blasted off from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana. It carried one of the most sophisticated vehicles ever built by ESA, the Automated Transfer Vehicle, ATV Jules Verne, a vital space 'supply lorry' for the International Space Station. This is one of a series of short videos (Space-in-bytes) for secondary school students and teachers. More information at: http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Space_In_Bytes/index.html Tags: atv, esa, european, space, agency, ariane, station, lorry, automated, transfer, vehicle, space-in-bytes, students, teachers, upper, secondary, school, iss, jules, verne, human, spaceflight, Author: ESA |