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Another record-breaking Ariane 5 success for Arianespace: ATV Albert Einstein is on its way to the International Space Station

Preparations at the Spaceport for Arianespace launches are highlighted in these photos.

Top is Flight VA213’s heavy-lift Ariane 5, shown in the ELA-3 launch zone prior to today’s liftoff with ATV Albert Einstein.

The medium-lift Soyuz for Flight VS05 (center photo) receives its third stage inside the ELS launch site’s MIK integration building, while the core cryogenic stage for Ariane 5’s VA215 launcher (lower) is unloaded from a sea-going ship that arrived in French Guiana this week.

Bottom image… Ariane 5 lifts off with its heaviest payload ever – ATV Albert Einstein – at the start of the workhorse vehicle’s 69th launch from French Guiana.

#Soyuz#Ariene#rocket#ESA#European Space Agency#aerospace#satellite#Ariane 5#rocketry#French Guyana
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Artist’s impression showing the European Robotic Arm (ERA) on the outside of Multi-purpose Laboratory Module (MLM) of the International Space Station.

Construction of MLM is  nearly finished The construction of MLM (Multi-purpose Laboratory Module) is on schedule for the launch later this year, according to Vitaly Lopota, president of RSC Energia. The company currently has more than 30 vehicles under construction, each with different degree of readiness.

The MLM module will be launched on a Proton rocket in December, 2013.

#MLM#Multi-purpose Laboratory Module#ESA#European Space Agency#Energia#Proton#rocket#Russia#Europe#aerospace#ISS#International Space Station#rocketry