The ATV docked with the space station in April (Image: NASA) After a successful six-month mission, Europe's first space cargo ship will leave the International Space Station at 2130 GMT tonight. It will then wait in a lower orbit for 24 days...

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The scene inside ESA mission control as the ATV backs away from the station (ESA) Europe's most advanced robotic spaceship, the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), has effectively ended its...
At the end of a flawless six-month mission, Jules Verne, Europe's first Automated Transfer Vehicle, undocked from the International Space Station today at 23:29 hours CEST. The ATV has now embarked on the last leg of its journey in space, which...

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Europe's most advanced robotic spaceship, the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), has effectively ended its 6-month mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It successfully undocked today (Friday) at 21:29 GMT to begin its slow 3 week...