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Huge X-Wing-Like Cargo Ship Undocks from Space Station
Topic Started: 28 Sep 2012, 11:58 PM (50 Views)
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Huge X-Wing-Like Cargo Ship Undocks from Space Station

by Tariq Malik 28 September 2012

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The European Space Agency's ATV-3 Edoardo Amaldi supply ship is seen undocking from the International Space Station on Sept. 28, 2012, in this still image from a video camera on the station.
CREDIT: NASA TV

An unmanned European cargo ship the size of a double-decker bus undocked from the International Space Station Friday (Sept. 28), ending a six-month delivery flight to the orbiting lab.

The robotic Automated Transfer Vehicle 3 (ATV-3), with its four X-wing-like solar arrays unfurled, cast off from the space station Friday as the two spacecraft sailed 255 miles (410 kilometers) over western Kazakhstan in Asia.

The cargo ship's undocking occurred at 5:44 p.m. EDT (2144 GMT).

The space departure occurred three days later than planned due to delays, first by a computer glitch and later by space junk near the space station.

source: space.com
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