ATV, the vital link with Earth

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<p>The <a href="http://www.astrium.eads.net/en/programme/atv.html">ATV </a>(Automated Transfer Vehicle) is a vehicle for the automated transfer of propellant supplies, food, water, and materials to the International Space Station. Once docked, it uses its engines to correct the ISS's orbit, in particular to avoid collisions with debris and to compensate for the station's regular drop in altitude due to the Earth's atmospheric drag. At the end of its mission, it is loaded with refuse, undocked, and disintegrates in the atmosphere.</p><p><strong>Find out more! </strong>A special <a href="http://www.astrium.eads.net/en/dossiers/atv-johannes-kepler.html"><u><strong>dossier</strong></u></a> full of informative articles and videos has been created about the ATV ‘Johannes Kepler’.</p>

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