vendredi 23 mars 2012

European Space Agency's Edoardo Amaldi ATV liftoff













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23 March 2012

Artist's impression of the ESA's first Automated Transfer Vehicle. Image: D. Ducros /ESA

The Italian physicist Edoardo Amaldi was CERN's first Secretary General and a driving force for the creation of the laboratory. He was also one of the founding fathers of the European Space Agency (ESA).

Edoardo Amaldi

On Friday 23 March ESA's third Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), named in honour of Amaldi, began its journey to the International Space Station on board an Ariane rocket.

 CERN - Trailer Live Webcast Edoardo Amaldi ATV 3 launch

More information:

ESA's ATV blog: http://blogs.esa.int/atv/

Edoardo Amaldi ATV-3 launch: http://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2012/03/edoardo-amaldi-atv-3-launch.html

ESA press release: ATV-3 set to provide ESA's annual service to Space Station:
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMBET4Y1ZG_index_0.html

CERN: http://public.web.cern.ch/public/Welcome.html

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Images, Video, Text, Credits: CERN / ESA / D. Ducros.

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