| ESA Space Truck Launches Flawlessly |
 | Yet another successful liftoff for the European Space Agency. The unmanned Ariane 5 rocket carrying the Automated Transfer Vehicle Jules Verne launched yesterday from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana at 1:03 a.m. Local time, 11:03 p.m. ET. The Jules Verne ATV is the first of its kind launched into space to replace the Russian built Progress freighters, used to deliver supplies to the International Space Station.
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