New robot spaceship to be named Albert Einstein
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/space/stories/new-robot-spaceship-to-be-named-albert-einsteinNew robot spaceship to be named Albert Einstein
When the unmanned spaceship, more formally known as Automated Transfer Vehicle 4, launches toward the space station in February 2013, it will carry Einstein's name.
By Space.comFri, May 27 2011 at 12:58 PM EST
THE NAMESAKE: Albert Einstein in Princeton, USA. (Photo: ESA) The unmanned spacecraft, formally known as an Automated Transfer Vehicle, is currently under construction. When it launches toward the space station in February 2013, it will carry Einstein's name, continuing a tradition that began with the space fleet's first entry, the ATV-1 Jules Verne, in 2008.
"The vessels are named after great European scientists and visionaries to highlight Europe’s deep roots in science, technology and culture," European Space Agency officials said in a statement May 26. [Video: ATV-2, Europe's Heaviest Spaceship]
Pressurised module of the ATV Albert Einstein being manufactured in December 2010 in Turin by Thales Alenia. (Photo: ESA)
