Ariane 5 flight VA 213 with ATV Albert Einstein on board is ready for lift off from Europe’s Spaceport: we’re going to Station! Scroll down for a selection of photos showing what’s been happening in Kourou in the past 18 hours…
All images credit: ESA/S. Corvaja, 2013
On the launch pad: zone de lancement 3
Rolling out
Ariane 5 on the transporter
Leaving the final assembly building
The long road to space
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Discussion: one comment
Question,
I see a lot of wagons behind the Ariane (on it’s launchplatform). And a single blue lorry in front of it. Look like a lot of weight for one lorry? And an odd combination of car and wagons (and I don’t mention the rocket in between ;-))
Is the transporter pulled by a single lorry?
Or has it his own engine to move forward? Like the crawler as we know on KennedySpace Center?
Where can I find information about that?