BBC: Europe's ATV space freighter burns up
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Jun 22, 2011, 12:03:35 AM6/22/11
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Europe's space freighter has destroyed itself over the South Pacific.
The ATV-Johannes Kepler ship took 1.3 tonnes of rubbish from the space
station into a controlled dive into the atmosphere just before 2100
GMT on Tuesday.
Most of the vehicle and its waste cargo would have been vaporised in
the descent.
Only a few robust pieces of hardware could have survived to the ocean
surface, say officials.
The burn-up brings to an end Kepler's four-month mission to the
station.
To read the rest of this Article: http://bbc.in/jw2o3R
The ATV-Johannes Kepler ship took 1.3 tonnes of rubbish from the space
station into a controlled dive into the atmosphere just before 2100
GMT on Tuesday.
Most of the vehicle and its waste cargo would have been vaporised in
the descent.
Only a few robust pieces of hardware could have survived to the ocean
surface, say officials.
The burn-up brings to an end Kepler's four-month mission to the
station.
To read the rest of this Article: http://bbc.in/jw2o3R
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