Europe's revolutionary Jules Verne cargo ship pulled within 2.2 miles of the international space station Saturday, proving the craft's long-range rendezvous systems are ready for next week's docking with the complex.
Lauded as the most advanced spaceship ever built by Europeans, a robotic orbital freighter named Jules Verne will blast off from the Atlantic coast of South America this weekend to begin a three-week chase of the international space station.