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Media bid farewell to Jules Verne ATV

2 July 2007

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A final glimpse of Jules Verne ahead of shipping to French Guian

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Members of the media catch final glimpse of Jules Verne ahead of shipping to French Guiana. In Mid-July Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), is due to leave the ESTEC Test Centre for Europe's Spaceport in Kourou.

Credits: ESA - A. Le Floc'h

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The ATV Media Day opened with a series of presentations. Left to right: Jean-François Clervoy, ESA astronaut and ATV project advisor, Nicolas Chamussy, Astrium ATV Programme Director, John Ellwood, ESA ATV Project Manager, Daniel Sacotte, ESA Director of Human Spaceflight, Microgravity and Exploration.

Credits: ESA - A. Le Floc'h

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ATV Media Day at ESTEC ahead of departure of Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), to Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

Credits: ESA - A. Le Floc'h

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Jean-François Clervoy (left), ESA astronaut and ATV project advisor and John Ellwood (right), ATV Project Manager, stand in front of the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) in the ESTEC Test Centre.

Credits: ESA - A. Le Floc'h

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ATV Media Day at ESTEC ahead of departure of Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), to Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

Credits: ESA - A. Le Floc'h

First ATV leaves Europe to prepare for launch from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana Assessment of ESA’s ATV mission readiness results in a new launch window Jules Verne goes hot and cold Jules Verne passes acoustic test