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Premiere for Europe: Jules Verne refuels the ISS
18 June 2008
| Backdropped by the airglow of Earth's horizon and the blackness of space, the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) approaches the International Space Station on Monday, 31 March, 2008, for its Demonstration Day 2 practice maneouvers.
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| View inside the ATV Control Centre, in Toulouse, France, during Demonstration Day 1 (29 March 2008).
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| Jules Verne ATV fuelling operations get underway at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. As a precaution against the toxic and explosive characteristics of the hydrazine, a series of strict measures are in place, such as the requirement for the ‘scapemen’ - the fuelling specialists – to wear special suits during fuelling operations.
Credits: 2007 - ESA /CNES/Arianespace/Photo optique video du CSG | | | | |
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