ATV-5 attached to the International Space Station at night. Credits: ESA/NASA

ATV-5 attached to the International Space Station at night. Credits: ESA/NASA

ATV-5 as we like to see it: surfing the galaxy. ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst tweeted this picture yesterday with the text:

I never imagined that flying to space would give me a different view of our entire galaxy.

ATV’s distinctive ‘X-wing’ solar panels can be seen on the left. For full resoltion and many more amazing pictures visit Alexander’s Flickr page: https://flic.kr/p/phj2ys