A technician moves ATV Albert Einstein‘s pressurised module at Europe’s Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana. Once in place it will be lowered onto the service module that is held up by scaffolding. The pressurised module is used to store cargo and, once docked with the International Space Station, becomes a temporary habitable module.
Automated Transfer Vehicles (ATV) are multi-function unmanned ferries sent into orbit by the European Ariane 5 launcher. Each spacecraft can deliver up to 7 tonnes of cargo to the International Space Station including supplies and equipment, water, air, nitrogen, oxygen and fuel.