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Ariane 5 rocket with ATV-4 on its way to the International Space Station (VIDEO)

Kourou, French Guinea - The arrival at the orbiting laboratory is scheduled on June 15

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Automated Transfer Vehicle cargo craft (ATV-4) launched atop an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou Spaceport, French Guiana, at 5:52 pm EDT on Wednesday (9:52 pm GMT/UTC) to begin a 10-day trip to the International Space Station. It is the fourth ATV launched by ESA, after the "Jules Verne" (2008), the "Johannes Kepler" (2011) and the "Edoardo Amaldi" (2012). More than an...

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