What is the name of the European Space Agencys space freighter designed to resupply International Space Station with pressurized cargo, water, air etc. ?

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What is the name of the European Space Agency’s space freighter designed to resupply International Space Station with pressurized cargo, water, air etc. ?
The experiment will employ a trio of spacecraft flying in formation in the shape of an equilateral triangle that has sides one million kilometres long, with lasers shining between the craft.” The experiment in question refers to (a) Voyager-2 (b) New Horizons (c) LISA Pathfinder (d) Evolved LISA

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Current Affairs

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IES

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The correct answer is option 2: Jules Verne.

Option 1, New Horizons, is not the correct answer. New Horizons is a NASA spacecraft that was launched in 2006 to study Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.

Option 3, Endeavour, is also not the correct answer. Endeavour was the name of one of NASA`s space shuttles that was retired in 2011 after completing its final mission.

Option 4, Cassini, is also not the correct answer. Cassini was a NASA spacecraft that was launched in 1997 to study the planet Saturn and its moons.

The European Space Agency`s space freighter designed to resupply the International Space Station with pressurized cargo, water, air, and other supplies is called Jules Verne. Jules Verne is an unmanned spacecraft that was launched in 2008 as part of the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) program. It was named after the French author Jules Verne, who wrote science fiction novels that inspired space exploration. The ATV program was eventually replaced by the new Cargo Vehicle program, but Jules Verne played a vital role in resupplying the International Space Station.