Europe's 'space truck' heads for Pacific breakup

September 26th, 2008 in Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Graphic illustration of the ATV spacecraft

A computer generated image made by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) 'Jules Verne' connected with the International Space station in April 2008. Scientists have earmarked a remote area of the South Pacific where bits of Europe's massive space freighter may crash when the orbiting craft is destroyed in a suicide plunge on Monday, an official said on Friday.

Scientists have earmarked a remote area of the South Pacific where bits of Europe's massive space freighter may crash when the orbiting craft is destroyed in a suicide plunge on Monday, an official said on Friday.

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