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European Space Agency's 4th Automated Transfer Vehicle
Credit: ESA
The European Space Agency's fourth and penultimate Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-4) was named for the theoretical physicist Albert Einstein. The cargo craft launched on June 5, 2013.
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Robotic ATV-4 Albert Einstein to ISS
Credit: NASA/ESA
Europe's robotic ATV-4 (known as "Albert Einstein") makes its way to the International Space Station. Image released on June 15, 2013.
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Liftoff of Ariane 5 VA213 with ATV-4
Credit: ESA/S. Corvaja
On June 5, 2013, Ariane 5 VA213 lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana with ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, en route to the International Space Station.
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'Albert Einstein' Automated Transfer Vehicle Launch
Credit: NASA TV
The "Albert Einstein" Automated Transfer Vehicle launches atop an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana on June 5, 2013.
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Albert Einstein ATV-4 Spacecraft Coming Together
Credit: ESA
Pressurised module of the ATV Albert Einstein being manufactured in December 2010 in Turin by Thales Alenia.
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Ariane 5 Ascends with ATV-4
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja 2013
Ariane 5 began its journey to the ISS with ATV-4, Albert Einstein, on June 5, 2013. This image was released June 6, 2013.
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Ariane 5 Begins Flight to ISS with ATV-4
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja 2013
On Wednesday June 5, 2013, Ariane 5 launched from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana with ATV-4, Albert Einstein, en route to the International Space Station. ATV Albert Einstein is the heaviest spacecraft ever launched by Ariane, beating predecessor ATV Edoardo Amaldi. This image was released June 6, 2013.
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Ariane 5 Blasts Off with ATV-4 to ISS
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja 2013
Ariane 5 launched with ATV-4, Albert Einstein, on June 5, 2013 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana en route to the International Space Station. This image was released June 6, 2013.
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Take Off of Ariane 5 VA213 with ATV-4
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja 2013
Ariane 5 soared into the sky with ATV-4, Albert Einstein, on June 5, 2013 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. This image was released June 6, 2013.
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Ariane 5 Launches with ATV-4 ‘Albert Einstein’
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja 2013
Ariane 5 lifted off with ATV-4, Albert Einstein, on June 5, 2013 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. This image was released June 6, 2013.
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Transfer of Ariane 5 From Final Assembly Building
Credit: ESA–S Corvaja, 2013
ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, is ready for launch on an Ariane 5 to the International Space Station on June 5, 2013, from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. This image was released April 4, 2013.
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Ariane 5 Transfer
Credit: ESA–S Corvaja 2013
Ariane 5 VA 213 stands ready for transfer from the Final Assembly Building to the launch pad, June 4, 2013. This image was released April 6, 2013.
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Overview of Ariane 5 Transfer
Credit: ESA–S Corvaja 2013
This image shows Ariane 5 VA 213 ready for transfer from BAF (Final Assembly Building) to the launch pad, 4 June, 2013. This image was released April 6, 2013.
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ATV-4 Ready for Launch
Credit: ESA–S Corvaja 2013
ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, is ready for launch on an Ariane 5 to the International Space Station on June 4, 2013, from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. This image was released May 6, 2013.
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Close-up View Ariane 5
Credit: ESA–S Corvaja 2013
Ariane 5 flight VA213 on the launch pad on June 4, 2013, in Kourou, French Guiana. This image was released May 6, 2013.
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Ariane 5 with ATV-4 Ready on Launch Pad
Credit: ESA–S Corvaja 2013
Ariane 5 flight VA213 on the launch pad on June 4, 2013, in Kourou, French Guiana. This image was released May 6, 2013.
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Ariane 5 Illuminated at Launch Pad
Credit: ESA–S Corvaja 2013
Ariane 5 flight VA213 rests ready on the launch pad on June 4, 2013, in Kourou, French Guiana. ATV-4, Albert Einstein, is ready for launch on Ariane 5 to the International Space Station. This image was released May 6, 2013.
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Ariane 5 Ready for Launch
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja 2013
Ariane 5 flight VA213 on the launch pad on June 4, 2013, in Kourou, French Guiana. This image was released May 6, 2013.
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Ariane 5 Ready for Launch with ATV-4 ‘Albert Einstein’
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja 2013
ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, is ready for launch on an Ariane 5 to the International Space Station on June 5, 2013, from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. This image was released May 6, 2013.
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Ariane 5 Vulcain Engine
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja 2013
Vulcain engine of the Ariane 5 flight VA213 on the launch pad, on June 4, 2013, in Kourou, French Guiana. This image was released May 6, 2013.
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Ariane 5 Set to Take Off
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja 2013
ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, sits ready for take off on an Ariane 5, which will travel to the International Space Station on June 5, 2013, from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. This image was released May 6, 2013.
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Liftoff of Ariane 5 VA213 with ATV-4
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja 2013
On June 5, 2013, Ariane 5 VA213 lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana with ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, en route to the International Space Station. This image was released June 6, 2013.
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Ariane 5 Lifts Off with ATV-4 Albert Einstein
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja 2013
Ariane 5 VA213 lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana with ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, en route to the International Space Station on June 5, 2013. This image was released June 6, 2013.
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‘Albert Einstein’ Begins Journey to ISS
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja 2013
Ariane 5 VA213 takes off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana with ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, on June 5, 2013. ESA’s resupply and reboost vehicle is the largest, most advanced and most capable of the vehicles servicing the orbital outpost. This image was released June 6, 2013.
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Ariane 5 Soars into Clouds with ATV-4
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja 2013
Ariane 5 VA213 soars into the clouds as it lifts off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana with ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, en route to the International Space Station on June 5, 2013.
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Ariane 5 Begins Launch with ATV-4
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja 2013
Ariane 5 begins launch from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana with ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein on June 5, 2013. This image was released June 6, 2013.
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Ariane 5 Lifts Off
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja 2013
Ariane 5 takes flight from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana with ATV-4, Albert Einstein, on June 5, 2013. This image was released June 6, 2013.
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Ariane 5 Blasts Off into the Sky
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja 2013
On Wednesday June 5, 2013, Ariane 5 VA213 with the ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. This image was released June 6, 2013.
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ATV-4 Soars to ISS
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja 2013
On June 5, 2013, Ariane 5 with the ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, took off from French Guiana to begin journey to the International Space Station. Albert Einstein is the heaviest spacecraft ever launched by Ariane, beating predecessor ATV Edoardo Amaldi. This image was released June 6, 2013.
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Lift Off! Ariane 5 Begins Journey with ATV-4
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja 2013
Ariane 5 lifted off with ATV-4, Albert Einstein, to begin journey to the International Space Station on June 5, 2013. This image was released June 6, 2013.
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ATV Control Centre During Launch
Credit: ESA
This image shows ATV Control Centre in Toulouse, France, during the launch of ATV Albert Einstein on an Ariane 5 launcher, June 10, 2013. This image was released June 14, 2013.
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ATV Control Centre During Docking Day
Credit: ESA
This image shows ATV Control Centre in Toulouse, France, during ATV-4 docking day, June 15, 2013. ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicles deliver essential supplies to the International Space Station and can reboost the Station's orbit. This image was released June 15, 2013.
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ATV-4 Release
Credit: ESA
Automated Transfer Vehicles (ATV) are multi-function unmanned ferries sent into orbit by the European Ariane 5 launcher. Each spacecraft can deliver up to 7 tons of cargo to the International Space Station including supplies and equipment, water, air, nitrogen, oxygen and fuel.
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ATV-4 Rendezvous with ISS
Credit: ESA
ATV Albert Einstein, Europe’s supply and support ferry, docked with the International Space Station June 15, 2013. This image, taken from the station, reveals the exhaust plumes as the 20-ton craft fires some of its 24 thrusters to adjust its approach. This image was released June 17, 2013.
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ATV-4 Docks with ISS
Credit: ESA/NASA
ATV Albert Einstein, Europe’s supply and support ferry, docked with the International Space Station on June 15, 2013, some ten days after its launch from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. In this image you can see ATV's four solar panel arrays along with the vertical antenna on top. This antenna is the ‘proximity boom’ that is used to communicate with the Station. This image was released June 18, 2013.
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ATV-4 ‘Albert Einstein’ Docks with ISS
Credit: ESA/NASA
ATV Albert Einstein docked with the International Space Station on June 15, 2013. This image was released June 18, 2013.
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ATV-4 Docking
Credit: ESA/NASA
ATV Albert Einstein brought 7 tons of supplies, propellants and experiments to the complex. ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano oversees the unloading and cataloguing of the cargo of more than 1400 individual items. This image was released June 18, 2013.
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ATV-4 Approaches ISS
Credit: ESA/NASA
ATV Albert Einstein, Europe’s supply and support ferry, docked with the International Space Station on June 15, 2013, some ten days after its launch from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. This image was released June 18, 2013.
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ISS Crew Awaits ATV-4
Credit: ESA/NASA
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Misurkin await the arrival of ATV-4 onboard the ISS. This image was released June 18, 2013.
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ATV-4 Docking
Credit: ESA/NASA
ATV Albert Einstein, Europe’s supply and support ferry, docked with the International Space Station on June 15, 2013, some ten days after its launch from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
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ATV-4 Docks at ISS
Credit: ESA/NASA
ATV Albert Einstein, Europe’s supply and support ferry, docked with the International Space Station on June 15, 2013.
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ATV-4 Docking Solar Panels
Credit: ESA/NASA
In this image you can see ATV's four solar panel arrays along with the vertical antenna on top. This antenna is the ‘proximity boom’ that is used to communicate with the Station. This image was released June 18, 2013.
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ATV-4 Ferry Docking at ISS
Credit: ESA/NASA
In this image you can see ATV's four solar panel arrays along with the vertical antenna on top. This image was released June 18, 2013.
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Awaiting the Arrival of ATV-4
Credit: ESA/NASA
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Misurkin awaiting the arrival of ATV-4 onboard the ISS. This image was released June 18, 2013.
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ATV-4 Above the Clouds
Credit: ESA/NASA
ATV Albert Einstein in space. The vehicle docked with the International Space Station on June 15, 2013, some ten days after its launch from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
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Close-up of ATV-4 Docking at ISS
Credit: ESA/NASA
ATV Albert Einstein, Europe’s supply and support ferry, docked with the International Space Station on June 15, 2013.,
