The ship Albert Einstein left the launch pad to bring supplies to ISS

Europe's fourth transport spacecraft on June 5 carried the heaviest cargo volume ever, 6.6 tons, left the launch pad at Kourou Space Center in French Guiana to fly to the next for International Space Station (ISS) , AFP said.

The European Space Agency (ESA ) 's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) carries the name of the father of relativism Albert Einstein to be lifted by Ariane 5 rocket boosters from the launch pad at Kourou at 18 Now 52 minutes 11 seconds (local time, 4 hours 52 minutes 11 seconds morning 6/6 hours in Vietnam time).

The ship Albert Einstein left the launch pad and soared into space - (Photo: AFP)

An hour after leaving the launch pad, Albert Einstein separated from the rocket to fly into an orbit of 260km above New Zealand. Half an hour later, the ship's solar panels were deployed to help direct ships to fly to ISS.

Under the plan, Albert Einstein will connect to ISS on June 15 in orbit with a height of 400km at a speed of about 28,000km an hour.

It is known that the Albert Einstein ship, the ATV-4, weighing a total of nearly 20.2 tons, is the fourth European supply ship to deliver supplies to astronauts on Earth's space outpost. . It is about the size of a 10-meter, 4.5-meter-long double-decker bus.

Of the total 6.6 tons of goods brought to ISS, up to 2.5 tons of dry goods are packed in 209 packages, including clothes, food . In addition, it also carries water, oxygen, fuel . . for astronauts on the station.

Before the Albert Einstein ship, ESA also sent three supply ships to the ISS, including the ATV-3, Edoardo Amaldi, launched on March 23, 2012, the ATV-2 named Johannes Kepler launched on the 16th. 2/2011 and the ATV-1 named Jules Verne launched on March 9, 2008.