Jules Verne ATV docks with the International Space Station
Replay of ATV docking and Demonstration Day 2
Video replay of Jules Verne ATV docking with the International Space Station on 3 April 2008 (above). The ISS crew can be seen monitoring the docking from inside the Russian Zvezda module. Docking took place after two demonstration days during which the capabilities of ESA's first Automated Transfer Vehicle were thoroughly tested.
The second video replay below shows highlights of Demonstration Day 2 on 31 March 2008 when Jules Verne ATV approached the International Space Station to within 11 metres. ATV can be seen rapidly moving away from the Station after the crew sent an Escape command.
Both replays are shown faster than realtime.
Jules Verne ATV approaches the ISS during the second of two demonstration days prior to docking
Last update: 25 April 2008
Related links
- Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV)
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV - Space Station crew enters Jules Verne ATV
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/Space_Station_crew_enters_Jules_Verne_ATV - Europe’s automated ship docks to the ISS
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/Europe_s_automated_ship_docks_to_the_ISS - Europe launches its first resupply ship to the ISS
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/Europe_launches_its_first_resupply_ship_to_the_ISS - Replay first ingress Jules Verne ATV
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/Replay_first_ingress_Jules_Verne_ATV - Replay of ATV docking and Demonstration Day 2
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/Replay_of_ATV_docking_and_Demonstration_Day_2 - Replay of launch and solar array opening of Jules Verne ATV
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/Replay_of_launch_and_solar_array_opening_of_Jules_Verne_ATV - International Space Station
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/International_Space_Station - Operations
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations - ATV: Closing in on the target
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/ATV_Closing_in_on_the_target - ATV orbital rehearsals for ISS docking
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/ATV_orbital_rehearsals_for_ISS_docking - ATV: A new generation space vehicle
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/ATV_A_new_generation_space_vehicle - ATV: Rendezvous in space
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/ATV_Rendezvous_in_space - ATV Control Centre readies for Europe's first-ever automated docking
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/ATV_Control_Centre_readies_for_Europe_s_first-ever_automated_docking