The freighter 'Albert Einstein' comes to the space station - the País.com (Spain)

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space freighter Albert Einstein , a automatic ship 20 tons of the European Space Agency (ESA), has docked at the International Space Station (ISS) with fuel and supplies for the crew Orbiting. In the car going 100 kilos of oxygen and air and 570 kilos of water, and 2,480 scientific equipment, spare parts, food and clothing for the astronauts, plus fuel.

The ship

Albert Einstein is the fourth in the series ATV and heavier device has launched Europe into space. Remain docked at the ISS four months. Then the bear astronauts waste is separated from the orbital outpost and destroyed upon entering Earth’s atmosphere.