{"id":669,"date":"2013-06-18T08:11:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T06:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/welcome_to_the_iss_albert_einstein\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:30:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:30:57","slug":"welcome_to_the_iss_albert_einstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/fr\/welcome_to_the_iss_albert_einstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Bienvenue sur l'ISS, Albert Einstein !"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>Albert Einstein, le quatri\u00e8me v\u00e9hicule de transfert automatique (ATV) de l\u2019ESA, a parfaitement r\u00e9ussi son rendez-vous avec la Station spatiale internationale, le 15 juin 2013. Il s\u2019est amarr\u00e9 en douceur \u00e0 l\u2019avant-poste orbital \u00e0 16h07 (heure de Paris). L\u2019ATV-4 est maintenant connect\u00e9 \u00e0 la Station spatiale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Avec ses 20 tonnes, ce ravitailleur est le v\u00e9hicule spatial le plus lourd jamais lanc\u00e9 par l\u2019Europe. Il a navigu\u00e9 de mani\u00e8re autonome puis il s\u2019est amarr\u00e9 \u00e0 la Station de 420 tonnes avec une pr\u00e9cision de quelques centim\u00e8tres, pendant que les deux v\u00e9hicules tournaient autour de notre plan\u00e8te \u00e0 une vitesse de plus de 28 000 km\/h.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Cet amarrage en douceur entre un vaisseau de la taille d\u2019un bus \u00e0 imp\u00e9riale et la Station, qui est 20 fois plus grande, est une formidable r\u00e9ussite, \u00bb a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Thomas Reiter, Directeur Vols habit\u00e9s et Op\u00e9rations de l\u2019ESA.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"1632\" data-credit=\"ESA\/C. Beskow\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2013\/06\/Happy_faces_on_the_ATV-4_Engineering_Support_Team\" data-licence=\"ESA Standard Licence\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2013\/06\/happy_faces_on_the_atv-4_engineering_support_team\/17904306-2-eng-GB\/Happy_faces_on_the_ATV-4_Engineering_Support_Team.jpg\" alt=\"Happy faces on the ATV-4 Engineering Support Team\"><figcaption>Des visages rayonnants au sein de l'\u00e9quipe d'assistance technique de l'ATV-4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Le rendez-vous et l\u2019amarrage ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9s de mani\u00e8re autonome par les ordinateurs de l\u2019ATV, sous la surveillance du Centre de contr\u00f4le de l\u2019ATV \u00e0 Toulouse (France), ainsi que celle de Luca Parmitano et de ses \u00e9quipiers dans la Station.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019ATV-4 transporte 2 580 kg d\u2019ergols afin de rehausser r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement l\u2019orbite de l\u2019ISS. Il peut \u00e9galement mettre l\u2019ensemble du complexe spatial hors de la trajectoire des d\u00e9bris spatiaux jug\u00e9s comme dangereux.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"1500\" data-credit=\"L.Parmitano\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2013\/06\/Waiting_for_ATV-4\" data-licence=\"ESA Standard Licence\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2013\/06\/waiting_for_atv-4\/17898791-2-eng-GB\/Waiting_for_ATV-4.jpg\" alt=\"Waiting for ATV-4\"><figcaption>En attendant l'ATV-4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dans ses r\u00e9servoirs, il transporte 860 kg de propergol, 100 kg d'oxyg\u00e8ne et d'air, ainsi que 570 kg d'eau potable, qui seront tous pomp\u00e9s dans les r\u00e9servoirs de la station.<\/p>\n<p>Dans son module de fret, il transporte plus de 1 400 articles r\u00e9partis dans 141 sacs, dont 2 480 kg de fret sec, notamment du mat\u00e9riel scientifique, des pi\u00e8ces de rechange, de la nourriture et des v\u00eatements destin\u00e9s aux astronautes.<\/p>\n<p>Pendant les quatre mois o\u00f9 il restera arrim\u00e9 \u00e0 la Station, l\u2019ATV permettra \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9quipage de disposer de 45 m3 d\u2019espace suppl\u00e9mentaire. Lors des missions pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes, ce gain de place a \u00e9t\u00e9 grandement appr\u00e9ci\u00e9 par les astronautes, pour lesquels l\u2019ATV \u00e9tait \u00ab le lieu le plus calme de la Station \u00bb et est souvent devenu un espace de travail privil\u00e9gi\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c0 la fin de sa mission, pr\u00e9vue le 28 octobre prochain, l\u2019ATV-4 se s\u00e9parera de la Station apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 rempli de sacs de d\u00e9chets. Le lendemain, il sera dirig\u00e9 vers l\u2019atmosph\u00e8re pour s\u2019y consumer en toute s\u00e9curit\u00e9 lors de sa rentr\u00e9e au-dessus du Pacifique Sud.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESA\u2019s ATV-4, Albert Einstein, completed a flawless rendezvous with the International Space Station on 15 June when it docked smoothly with orbital outpost at 16:07 CEST. 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