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"Jules Verne" spaceship to end life in a ball of flames

"Jules Verne", Europe's biggest, most sophisticated spaceship is about to bring its six-month mission to an end by plunging into the Pacific in a ball of flames.

"Jules Verne" spaceship to end life in a ball of flames

"Jules Verne", Europe's biggest, most sophisticated spaceship is about to bring its six-month mission to an end by plunging into the Pacific in a ball of flames.

First Picture of Jules Verne Spacecraft Re-Entry Destruction

This is the first picture of the spectacular re-entry of Jules Verne, the Automated Transport Vehicle that fell from orbit today at 9:31AM Eastern time. Taken from a DC-8, it shows the moment in which it starts to break at 9:43AM, just before falling into the Pacific Ocean. Apparently, the show was amazing because this thing was gigantic. Check its scale compared to the Apollo and a Progress capsule. Update: More pictures coming in now.

Countdown to the Final Burn: ATV Jules Verne will Undock on September 5th

The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Jules Verne will undock from the International Space Station (ISS) on September 5th to begin three weeks of autonomous flight, setting it up for a suicidal re-entry on September 29th. The ATV has been loaded with refuse and unwanted equipment from the ISS set to burn up in the Earth's upper atmosphere marking the end of the life of Europe's most advanced space vehicle. To record the event, both NASA and the European Space Agency will be photographing and videoing the descent…

Google Blinks Again on Privacy, More to Come

After Congress stepped up its inquiry of how Internet companies collect data for ad targeting, Jules Jules Polonetsky, AOL’s privacy officer predicted that we would see companies scrambling to pacify legislators.

ATV Re-entry Video

A spectacular video recorded on September 29 shows the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle plunging through Earth's atmosphere and breaking apart. It doesn't take long for the action to start — about 7 seconds into the video, there's a bright flash — which portrays the demise of the first and very successful space station freighter ship built by the European Space Agency. Two observation teams were chasing Jules Verne, in two separate aircraft, taking video and images. This video shows the spacecraft breaking up over the Pacific Ocean beginning at about 15:36 CEST. Below are more images, too:

Jules Verne cargo ship to depart space station today

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ESA's Jules Verne Cargo Ship Went Up in Flames

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First Photos of the Reentry of the ATV "Jules Verne"

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See Doomed Spacecraft Before Its Fiery Demise

The Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has done its duty – it even went above and beyond its expected capabilities. But the end is nigh, and soon, on September 29 the ATV will become a fireball and burn up in the Earth's atmosphere, never to be seen again. But before it does, people in North America and Europe have the perfect opportunity to see it sail overhead this weekend in its low Earth orbit, and according to Spaceweather.com, the ATV will glow about a brightly as the North Star, Polaris. To find out when and where to look for the ATV in the evening or early morning skies, check out Spaceweather.com's great satellite tracking webpage. Just plug in your zip code and you'll be able to get tracking information for all the satellites that will be visible for the next few days.

Supernovae, spacewalks and snow: The week in space

Europe's first space cargo ship, the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle, plunged into the atmosphere and broke apart before falling into the Pacific Ocean (Courtesy of ESA)

Unmanned Spacecraft Explosion Video Released

Shown to stunning effect in this video released Monday by NASA, the Jules Verne unmanned cargo ship put on a rare fireworks display as it burned up and exploded (look for it at the 28-second mark) on September 29, 2008.

ESA's ATV successfully undocks from International Space Station

ESA PR 36-2008. At the end of a flawless six-month mission, Jules Verne, Europe's first Automated Transfer Vehicle, undocked from the International Space Station today at 23:29 hours CEST. The ATV has now embarked on the last leg of its journey in space, which will end with a controlled destructive re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere on 29 September.

Europe's 'space truck' heads for Pacific breakup

A computer generated image made by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Jules Verne connected with the International Space station in April 2008. Scientists have earmarked a remote area of the South Pacific where ...

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