Image: Final goodbye to ESA automated transfer vehicle Georges Lemaître

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 09:30 in Earth & Climate

Last Saturday, ESA's fifth and last Automated Transfer Vehicle, Georges Lemaître, undocked from the International Space Station at 13:40 GMT. Less than 30 hours later the spacecraft burnt up harmlessly in a controlled reentry over the Pacific Ocean, marking the end of the programme.

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