'Albert Einstein' Photos from Space: Europe's ATV-4 Cargo Ship Images

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ATV-4 Docking Solar Panels

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In this image you can see ATV's four solar panel arrays along with the vertical antenna on top. This antenna is the ‘proximity boom’ that is used to communicate with the Station. This image was released June 18, 2013.

ATV-4 Ferry Docking at ISS

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In this image you can see ATV's four solar panel arrays along with the vertical antenna on top. This image was released June 18, 2013.

Awaiting the Arrival of ATV-4

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ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Misurkin awaiting the arrival of ATV-4 onboard the ISS. This image was released June 18, 2013.

ATV-4 Above the Clouds

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ATV Albert Einstein in space. The vehicle docked with the International Space Station on June 15, 2013, some ten days after its launch from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

Close-up of ATV-4 Docking at ISS

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ATV Albert Einstein, Europe’s supply and support ferry, docked with the International Space Station on June 15, 2013.,

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