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Europe’s Last ATV Space Station Freighter Makes Fleet’s …

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In the end, Europe's fifth and final space station freighter went out in more of a fiery blaze than with the "big bang" of its namesake.

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) 5, christened the "Georges Lematre" after the Belgian priest and astronomer whose work led to the Big Bang theory of the universe's origin, was intentionally destroyed as it plunged back into the Earth's atmosphere on Sunday (Feb. 15).

The unmanned spacecraft, the last of its type, came to its end at 1:11 p.m. EST (1811 GMT). [Europe's ATV-5 Space Cargo Ship Mission in Pictures]

The re-entry came a day after the ATV left the International Space Station (ISS), where it had been docked since last August. Launched on July 29, 2014, ATV-5 logged a total of 186 days in space.

Unpacked of its 7 tons of supplies and reloaded with 2.4 tons of trash, the "Georges Lematre" fulfilled its mission, including using its thrusters to readjust the altitude of the station to compensate for atmospheric drag, re-boosting to avoid debris and, in a first for an ATV last month, lowering the outpost's orbit in preparation for the arrival of the next cargo spacecraft.

Future visiting vehicles will not include the European ATV. Russian Progress vehicles, U.S. commercial Cygnus and Dragon freighters and Japan's H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) will resupply the space station going forward.

"The five ATVs have paid ESA's obligationsin the ISS program until 2017," Nico Dettmann, head of ESA's space transportation department, said in statement. "It has been decided to discontinue ATV, but to develop the MPCV-ESM (European Service Module) for NASA to compensate for ESA's ISS obligations until 2020."

The service module will provide propulsion and electrical power to NASA's Orion crew capsule on its missions into deep space. In return for developing the ESM, European astronauts will continue to live onboard the station to work on European experiments in ESA's Columbus lab through the end of the decade.

"This decision [offers] a European exploration perspective beyond low-Earth orbit, while building on ATV heritage," he said.

After the space shuttle, the 34-foot-long (10.3 meters) ATV was the largest spacecraft to resupply the space station, with enough volume to hold a double-decker bus. Powered by four solar panels in an "X-Wing" configuration, the ATV used a laser imaging system to autonomously dock to the orbiting outpost's Russian Zvezda service module.

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How Astronauts Prepare for a Space Walk

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American astronauts Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts are preparing for their first space walk of Expedition 42 when the duo step outside the International Space Station on Friday.

How does an astronaut prepare for a space walk? Practice.

Terry Virts, who will be taking the first space walk of his career on Friday, tweeted a photo of himself trying out the suit he'll use when he and Wilmore embark on their six-and-a-half hour space walk. It will be Wilmore's second space walk.

The duo will be working on new docking ports for future spacecraft that will arrive at the station. Friday's space walk is one of three that are scheduled to complete assembly work outside of the station.

NASA said today the duo had inspected their rescue jet packs, which would be used in the unlikely event that either astronaut became untethered from the space station.

Virts, who is one of the most active tweeters at the International Space Station, also shared a snap of himself hooked up to various health monitors doing a routine health check-in before his big day.

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Europe's Space Truck Burns Up During Final Reentry

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In the end, Europe's fifth and final space station freighter went out in more of a fiery blaze than with the "big bang" of its namesake.

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) 5, christened the "Georges Lematre" after the Belgian priest and astronomer whose work led to the Big Bang theory of the universe's origin, was intentionally destroyed as it plunged back into the Earth's atmosphere on Sunday (Feb. 15).

VIDEO: Spacecraft Explodes During Reentry

The unmanned spacecraft, the last of its type, came to its end at 1:11 p.m. EST (1811 GMT). [Europe's ATV-5 Space Cargo Ship Mission in Pictures]

The re-entry came a day after the ATV left the International Space Station (ISS), where it had been docked since last August. Launched on July 29, 2014, ATV-5 logged a total of 186 days in space.

Unpacked of its 7 tons of supplies and reloaded with 2.4 tons of trash, the "Georges Lematre" fulfilled its mission, including using its thrusters to readjust the altitude of the station to compensate for atmospheric drag, re-boosting to avoid debris and, in a first for an ATV last month, lowering the outpost's orbit in preparation for the arrival of the next cargo spacecraft.

Future visiting vehicles will not include the European ATV. Russian Progress vehicles, U.S. commercial Cygnus and Dragon freighters and Japan's H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) will resupply the space station going forward.

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"The five ATVs have paid ESA's obligations in the ISS program until 2017," Nico Dettmann, head of ESA's space transportation department, said in statement. "It has been decided to discontinue ATV, but to develop the MPCV-ESM (European Service Module) for NASA to compensate for ESA's ISS obligations until 2020."

The service module will provide propulsion and electrical power to NASA's Orion crew capsule on its missions into deep space. In return for developing the ESM, European astronauts will continue to live onboard the station to work on European experiments in ESA's Columbus lab through the end of the decade.

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Europe's Space Truck Burns Up During Final Reentry

Image: Final goodbye to ESA automated transfer vehicle Georges Lematre

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Last Saturday, ESA's fifth and last Automated Transfer Vehicle, Georges Lematre, undocked from the International Space Station at 13:40 GMT. Less than 30 hours later the spacecraft burnt up harmlessly in a controlled reentry over the Pacific Ocean, marking the end of the programme.

This image was taken by amateur photographer Alex Spiller in Saxony, Germany, shortly after the spacecraft left the weightless research laboratory. Travelling from west to east at around 28 800 km/h, ATV-5 is visible as a faint stripe to the right of the brighter stripe the International Space Station.

This was one of the last images of the spacecraft before its fiery demise. Many people all over Europe went outside to bid the spacecraft a fond farewell it could be seen with the naked eye and captured on standard cameras. Their images have been collected on the ATV blog.

ATVs delivered more than 31 500 kg of supplies over the course of five missions. They boosted the Station to raise its orbit numerous times and similarly moved it out of the way of space debris.

The vehicles demonstrated European mastery of automated docking, a technology that is vital for further space exploration.

The knowledge gained by ESA and European industry from designing, building and operating the complex ATV missions is instrumental for ESA's participation in NASA's Orion spacecraft, which will fly astronauts to the Moon and beyond.

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ESA's last Automated Transfer Vehicle will leave the International Space Station on Saturday for its final solo voyage, setting course for a fiery demise that will mark the end of its mission and the programme.

Europe's last supply vessel to the International Space Station undocked on Saturday at the end of a six-month mission, the European Space Agency (ESA) said.

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NYC Students Compete for Chance to Fly Experiments to Space Station

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Inspired by the dream of seeing their work soar into space, 195 students in New York City are competing for the chance to put a science experiment aboard the International Space Station.

The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York is hosting the new competition for middle school students in the public school system. Fifty groups of three to five students each will submit proposals for experiments that will test the effects of microgravity on a system. In May, one group will be selected to have their experiment shot into space and carried out by the crew of the International Space Station.

"I can't think of anything that could get a kid more excited about science and math than a chance to fly an experiment in space," saidMike Massimino, a former NASA astronaut and senior adviser of science programs at the Intrepid museum. "They're already all winners, the 200 who get to do this. Whoever's lucky enough to win this, it's an extraordinary opportunity. Not many people get to do this." [The Human Body in Space: 6 Weird Facts]

At a kick-off event for the contest at the Intrepid museum, the competing students had the opportunity to participate in microgravity workshops, and ask Massimino questions about his time in space.

"I was a New York kid," Massimino said in an interview. "And [the students] want to know, 'How did you achieve your dreams?' Because they see that I used to be where they are. There are a lot of kids [in New York] but there isn't necessarily a big presence of the space program, and now I'm working through the museum and this project to get kids involved and get them interested [in space]."

The contest, officially titled the Intrepid International Space Station Challenge (I2S2C), is being conducted in partnership with the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) and The Ramon Foundation. The 195 participating students come from five New York City schools.

Student Spaceflight Experiments Program was launched in 2010 to provide students with the opportunity to design and propose experiments to fly in low- Earth orbit, on the final flights of the space shuttle, and on the International Space Station. Recently, SSEP has worked in conjunction with private spaceflight company SpaceX to send student experiments to the stationaboard the company's latest robotic Dragon capsule.

The students who are competing in the Intrepid contest will have until the end of April to submit a proposal for an experiment "designed to assess the impact of microgravity on a physical, chemical, or biological system," according to a statement from the museum. The experiment must take place inside a 6-inch test tube, and not contain any materials that could pose a hazard to the astronauts.

"The requirements are not insignificant," Tom Barry, manager of community engagement & family programs at the Intrepid Museum, said. "These schools are going to be dedicating a whole lot of time for this program. So the schools that are on board are the schools that we felt could fulfill all the requirements for the program."

After the proposals are submitted in April, a panel of judges will select three finalists. The winner will be selected by members of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program, and will need to be approved by NASA before it can go into orbit.

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