Europe launched George Lemaitre transport ship to ISS

Ariane 5 ES heavy-duty boosters at the end of July 29 took off from the aerospace airport in South America, bringing Europe's fifth and last space transport ship to deliver goods to the Station. International Universe (ISS).

The missile launches from the Kourou Space Center in French Guiana at 20:47 pm on July 29 (local time, 6: 47 minutes on July 30 morning in Vietnam time).

Ariane 5 ES rocket takes George Lemaitre ship into space - (Photo: AFP)

After going into orbit, the European Space Agency's (Automated Transfer Vehicle - ATV) fifth transport vessel (ESA) will head straight to ISS, and it plans to connect to the station on the 12th. / 8 comes at an altitude of about 400km above the ground.

The ATV-5 was named George Lemaitre , the father of Big Bang creation theory, carrying nearly 6.6 tons of goods including fuel, water, oxygen, food, clothes and other scientific equipment for Six astronauts are present on ISS.

In addition to this mission, the George Lemaitre with its engine will help push the ISS to a higher position in orbit to compensate for ISS's continual loss of altitude due to Earth's gravity.

After six months of assembly with the ISS, the George Lemaitre will leave the station, carrying waste to be burned in the atmosphere above the Pacific Ocean.

A European ATV ship - (Photo: ESA)

Reportedly, ESA's George Lemaitre is part of a six-year program aimed at bringing five space transport ships to supply goods for ISS, with a total value of up to $ 5.6 billion.

The previous four ships, the ATV-4, named Albert Einstein (launched June 5, 2013), the ATV-3 Edoardo Amaldi (launched March 23, 2012), the ATV-2 Johannes Kepler (launched). February 16, 2011) and the ATV-1 Jules Verne (launched March 9, 2008).