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19 February, 2009 15:41
Second ATV named after Johannes Kepler
ESA's second Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has been named Johannes Kepler after the German astronomer and mathematician. Europe's next unmanned logistics spacecraft is scheduled for launch to the International Space Station in mid-2010. Access full story on the main ESA portal here.
1 comments | "Second ATV named after Johannes Kepler"
14-07-2009 • 19:40:35
the first ATV was used, by the ISS crew, as a make shift bedroom. If the increased (to 6) crew use the second ATV in the same way, why not give them a nicer to look at interior?
A single piece of thin/light material, with a printed photograph, could be stowed and clipped in across the base of the ATV's pressurised section. The photo could be of a forest or beach scene or ...