The European Space Agency has sent an unmanned supply ship into orbit to rendezvous with the International Space Station. Named Jules Verne after the 19th century French science fiction writer, the 20 tonne cargo ship will deliver supplies by self docking with the space station. The ship will then be filled with refuse and sent into a disintegrating orbit where both the trash and the vessel will disintegrate upon re-entry over the Pacific Ocean in August. CBC article here.
