ATV-2 Undocks; Spacewalk Preps, Science, Maintenance for Station Crew

Filled with trash and unneeded cargo, the "Johannes Kepler" Automated Transfer Vehicle-2 (ATV-2) undocked from the aft port of the International Space Station?s Zvezda service module at 10:46 a.m. EDT Monday and will be deorbited for a destructive re-entry in Earth?s atmosphere. The European Space Agency supply ship delivered seven tons of cargo when it docked on Feb. 24.

The undocking makes room for the ISS Progress 43 cargo ship which is scheduled to launch Tuesday at 10:38 a.m. from t [...]

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