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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A European cargo ship flew to the international space station and docked Thursday, successfully delivering food, water and clothes in its orbital debut.
The unmanned Jules Verne was operated by flight controllers at a European Space Agency center in Toulouse, France.
NASA’s Mission Control in Houston and Russia’s control center outside Moscow kept close tabs on the operation, which culminated in the morning linkup more than 200 miles above the Atlantic.
The Jules Verne is named after the French science-fiction writer whose 19th-century works included “From the Earth to the Moon.” Some of the author’s original notes were packed aboard the spacecraft.
