Europe's heaviest robotic spacecraft so far, the ATV-2 dubbed the Johannes Kepler, launched from ESA's South American facility yesterday and is on its way to deliver cargo to ISS. ATVs are the ESA's answer to supplying ISS; they fly to the station and dock on their own for a six-month stay. The ISS crew unloads the cargo.
The ATV-2 weighs in at 22 tons and is the size of a London double-decker bus. It carries 7 tons of supplies.
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