As one European cargo ship ended its mission Tuesday, production teams in Germany are testing the next Automated Transfer Vehicle before shipping it to the launch site in August. Liftoff of the third ATV, dubbed Edoardo Amaldi after an Italian physicist, is scheduled for February 2012 aboard an Ariane 5 rocket. It will deliver supplies, propellant, oxygen and water to the International Space Station. Spaceflight Now visited the EADS Astrium factory in mid-June to observe the final...
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